Delhi Blast: CCTV Footage Reveals Suspect Driving i20 Hyundai Car That Later Exploded, Killed 12

An exploded car bomb incident near the Red Fort in Delhi that killed eight and wounded many has a suspect captured in a CCTV image, driving a Hyundai i20. The investigators asserted that at 3:19 pm the vehicle was driven into a parking lot next to Sunehri Masjid where it spent almost 3 hours. At 6:48 pm it started to leave the parking area and shortly after that the explosion took place, causing the tragedy.

CCTV Footage Reveals Suspect Driving i20 Hyundai Car That Later Exploded

Later, it came to light that in the beginning the driver was clearly seen in the recording but as the vehicle went ahead a masked person came to be seated in the driver’s position. There was a very suspicious ownership record of the car: it was first registered to a person named Mohammad Salman, later it was sold to ‘Nadeem’ and through a second hand car dealer in Faridabad it was finally registered in the name of a person called Tariq who is linked to a terror module based in Faridabad. The police suspect that Umar Mohammad had been evading arrest and perhaps he masterminded the blast as a ‘fidayeen’ retaliatory act after the arrest of a person named Muzamil Shakeel from whom almost 2,900 kg of IED making material was seized.

Investigations Under Way Of Delhi Blast

The authorities are doing DNA testing and autopsies to identify six out of the eight victims whose bodies have not been recognized yet. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police is getting the legal sanction of Sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, along with Section 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, and both murder and attempt to murder charges. There is still an ongoing investigation as the police are tracing the entire chain of ownership of the vehicle and the connections with the terrorist networks and their activities.

Mohammad Umar, who is under suspicion to have been part of the Faridabad terror module.

First Picture Of Suspect

As per the reports, Mohammad Umar, who is under suspicion to have been part of the Faridabad terror module, practiced medicine at Al Falah Medical College in Faridabad. Umar is thought to be associated with Adeel Ahmad Rather, who used to be a senior resident doctor at the Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag and was arrested last week. Security forces have begun a raid on Monday at Faridabad based on the information given by Rather, which has led to the intensification of the investigation into the Red Fort blast case.

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