Newly surfaced CCTV footage has captured the precise moment the Hyundai i20 car exploded near Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday evening, leaving several people injured and damaging multiple vehicles. The video, recorded by a camera close to the Red Fort Metro Station, shows a busy stretch of road with slow-moving traffic before a sudden, massive fireball erupts from one of the cars, believed to be the i20 at the centre of the blast. The powerful explosion sends shockwaves through the area, scattering debris across the street and setting nearby vehicles on fire.
The Delhi Police have registered a case under Sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), along with provisions of the Explosives Act and other relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The case is being investigated at the Kotwali Police Station.
Investigators have named two doctors, Umar Un Nabi and Muzammil Shakil, as key figures in the case. Umar is suspected to have been driving the car that exploded, while Muzammil Shakil was arrested earlier in Faridabad during joint operations by the Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir police. Both had been associated with Al-Falah University in Faridabad and are believed to have known each other for several years.
Authorities have also linked another doctor, Adeel Ahmad Rather, a former Senior Resident at Government Medical College, Anantnag, to the conspiracy. According to officials, Rather allegedly played a key role in planning the Red Fort explosion alongside Umar Un Nabi.
With the case taking on national security dimensions, the investigation has now been handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The agency is expected to probe possible links between the suspects and a wider “white-collar” terror network operating across northern India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday vowed that those responsible for the blast would face the full force of the law, assuring that no perpetrator would be spared. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed India’s security agencies to identify and apprehend every individual involved in the explosion.
