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A newly surfaced CCTV video has provided a harrowing glimpse into the chaos that unfolded outside Delhi's iconic Red Fort on the evening of November 10, 2025, capturing the precise moment a powerful car explosion ripped through evening rush-hour traffic. The 9-second clip, obtained from a nearby surveillance camera in Chandni Chowk, depicts vehicles inching forward in heavy congestion before a sudden, deafening boom engulfs the scene in a massive orange fireball. In an instant, multiple cars and auto-rickshaws are consumed by flames, their frames twisting and shattering as debris scatters across the road. The footage ends abruptly amid the inferno, underscoring the blast's devastating speed and intensity, which authorities now classify as a terrorist attack.
The explosion occurred at approximately 6:52 p.m. near the Red Fort Metro Station, a bustling high-security zone teeming with commuters and peak hour evening businesses. Eyewitness accounts and initial police reports describe a white Hyundai i20 - later identified by its registration number HR 26 CE 7674 - as the source of the detonation. The vehicle had been idling in traffic for several minutes when it erupted, sending shockwaves that shattered windows in nearby structures and ignited at least five surrounding vehicles. The blast claimed at least 9 lives, including the vehicle's driver, and injured over 20 others, many of whom suffered burns and shrapnel wounds. Rescue teams pulled survivors from the wreckage, while the acrid smoke from burning fuel and explosives lingered for hours.
The video's emergence marks the third such clip released in the investigation, following earlier footage showing the car's approach through a Badarpur toll plaza earlier that morning and its prolonged parking near Sunehri Masjid for over three hours prior to the blast. Investigators believe the Hyundai i20, which underwent a routine pollution check on October 29, was packed with a volatile mixture of homemade explosives and chemicals, pointing to deliberate sabotage rather than an accident.
As the probe deepens, Delhi Police's Special Cell, in coordination with the National Investigation Agency (NIA), has uncovered ties to a Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror module operating across Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. Preliminary findings suggest the attack was hastily executed in panic following earlier arrests in Faridabad that spooked the network, derailing plans for a larger, coordinated assault reminiscent of the 2008 Mumbai attacks - targeting prominent sites in the country.
Several arrests have bolstered the case. The prime suspect, identified as Dr. Umar Mohammad Nabi, an assistant professor at Al-Falah University in Faridabad and a Pulwama native, is believed to have driven the vehicle in a suicide-style operation. His mother and brother were detained later. In Kashmir, police apprehended Imam Irfan Ahmad in Shopian and Maulvi Ishtiyaq in Mewat, Haryana, alongside several other suspects, including a Kashmiri cardiologist, Dr. Mohammad Arif, nabbed in Kanpur on intelligence tips. Raids in Faridabad and other areas yielded over 2,900 kilograms of explosives, underscoring the module's scale. Following which one individual named Muzammil has arrested by police.
The NIA has deployed a 10-member team to assume control, absorbing case files from local police in Delhi, Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir. Al-Falah University has distanced itself from the suspects, calling allegations of on-campus explosives storage "baseless" and vowing full cooperation. With additional raids ongoing and forensic analysis of the blast site underway, authorities anticipate more revelations in what has been dubbed a "white-collar terror module" involving educated professionals. The incident has heightened security across the capital and also all major installations across India.
