[kellyhound]

A high-intensity explosion occurred in a Hyundai i20 car this evening around 6:52 PM in the Chandni Chowk area of New Delhi.

The car was either slow-moving or stopped at the Subhash Marg traffic signal outside Gate No. 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station, on the main road between Delhi Gate and Kashmere Gate, in a crowded commercial area near the historic Red Fort.

The blast was massive, shaking nearby buildings and shattering windows.

The explosion triggered a massive fire that engulfed the Hyundai i20 and spread to 6 cars, 4 motorcycles, and 3 e-rickshaws.

The cause is under investigation, with officials exploring all possibilities, including a potential terror link, given the intensity of the blast and the recent busting of a terror module in the region. The registered owner of the car was detained for questioning.

At least 8 people were killed. All 8 victims died before reaching the hospital. At least 20 were injured.

[DiabloLucky13]

Damn...

As Leeloo would say, "Big bada boom"

[athensnikos]

Meat all over the place! So romantic as i eat my burger

[William May]

I didn't know they ever had terrorist bombings in India. Unless it was done by Pakistanis.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Chaos in the streets.

You don’t ever hear that someone used a Porsche, Mercedes or BMW for a car bomb attack. It’s always some cracker box of a car like the one described.

[Yanni]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

I didn't know they ever had terrorist bombings in India. Unless it was done by Pakistanis.

india is 14% muslim.

the population of india is 1.46 billion.

that equates to 204+ million terrorists.

[rhubarb_king]

The corpses are fresh, but still... given the place... "Imagine the smell".

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

I didn't know they ever had terrorist bombings in India. Unless it was done by Pakistanis.

India faces a wide range of terror groups. Terrorism found in India includes Islamist terrorism, ultranationalist terrorism, and left-wing terrorism.

As many as 800 terrorist cells are operating in the country. As of 2013, 205 of the country's 608 districts were affected by terrorist activity.

India subdivides terrorism into four major groups:

1. Ethno-nationalist terrorism – This form of terror focuses either (a) on creating a separate State within India or independent of India or in a neighboring country, or (b) on emphasising the views/response of one ethnic group against another.

Violent Tamil Nationalist groups from India to address the condition of Tamils in Sri Lanka, as well as insurgent tribal groups in North East India are examples of ethno-nationalist terrorist activities.

2.Religious terrorism – This form of terror focuses on religious imperatives, a presumed duty or in solidarity for a specific religious group, against one or more religious groups.

The Mumbai 26/11 terror attack in 2008 from an Islamist group in Pakistan is an example of religious terrorism in India. The examples are Hindutva terrorism, Islamic terrorism, Right-wing terrorism, etc.

3. Left-wing terrorism – This form of terror focuses on economic ideology, where all the existing socio-political structures are seen to be economically exploitative in character and a revolutionary change through violent means is essential.

The ideology of Marx, Engel, Mao, Lenin and others is considered as the only valid economic path.

Maoist violence in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are examples of left wing terrorism in India.

4. Narcoterrorism – This form of terror focuses on creating illegal narcotics traffic zones. Drug violence in northwest India is an example of narco-terrorism in India.


Hours after a deadly car blast near Delhi's Red Fort killed nine people and left more than a dozen injured, first visuals of the suspect - the driver of the car that exploded - have emerged.

Dr Umar Mohammad is suspected to be the suicide bomber who was behind the wheels of the white Hyundai i20 car that exploded near the Red Fort on Monday evening. His mother and brothers have been detained for questioning in Jammu and Kashmir.

Security footage shows the car parked near the Red Fort for three hours with the driver inside, not exiting the car even for a second.

When the car finally moved, it drove towards the traffic signal near the Metro Station, where it exploded around 6.52 pm.

Born in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on 24 February 1989, Umar Mohammad was a doctor at the Al Falah Medical College in Faridabad.

He was allegedly a close aide of Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather and Dr Mujammil Shakil, the two doctors who were arrested on Monday in the investigations into a new "white collar" terror module busted by the police teams of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana.

Investigators believe Umar escaped from Faridabad after he learnt that his associates had been arrested and 2,900 kg of explosives had been seized over the past few days.

Sources say he "panicked" and triggered the blast near Red Fort, the 17th century Mughal-built monument that is one of the country's most popular tourist spots.

"Umar Mohammad and his associates used Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) to carry out the attack. They placed a detonator in the car and carried out the terror attack in a crowded area near Red Fort," sources said.

CCTV video and images show the Hyundai i20 car entering Delhi from the Badarpur border. It came to Old Delhi via the Outer Ring Road.

The vehicle - with the number plate HR 26CE7674 - was parked in the parking lot near the Red Fort for over three hours, entering at 3:19 pm and leaving around 6:30 pm, according to sources.

Investigations suggest the car changed hands multiple times. According to sources, the car was sold by one Salman, a resident of Gurugram to a man named Devender in Okhla in March 2025. Subsequently, Devender sold it to a man from Ambala.

From Ambala, the car reached Pulwama, where links between Aamir, Tariq and Umar Rashid emerged.

Investigations revealed that Aamir had given the car to Umar Mohammad.

Both Aamir and Tariq are being questioned by the Delhi Police team.

In one image, Aamir is seen holding the car key, probably taken after he bought the car.

Umar Mohammad's connection with doctors arrested from Faridabad over the past few days is being probed.

Adeel Ahmad Rather, a doctor at Anantnag's Government Medical College (GMC), was arrested from a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on November 6 after CCTV footage showed him putting up posters praising the Jaish-e-Mohammed group in Srinagar.

Earlier this week, police raided the GMC Anantnag and found an AK-47 rifle and ammunition from Adil's locker.

He was charged under the Arms Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The raids led to the recovery of 2,900 kg of explosives and arms in Faridabad - which Adil reportedly stored with another doctor, identified as Muzammil Shakeel - who was also arrested on November 10.

Dr Shaheen Shahid, a woman doctor was arrested as part of the same module as Dr Shakeel. A rifle and live cartridges were recovered from her car, say sources.

Dr Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed was arrested by the Gujarat ATS for allegedly plotting the Ricin terror attack.

He allegedly conducted a recce of the office in Lucknow of the RSS or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, and crowded markets in the city.

Senior officials describe the case as a turning point in understanding how militant groups are evolving.

“This is not about gunmen in forests anymore,” said one officer. “This is about professionals — doctors, engineers, teachers — using their social legitimacy to build and hide the infrastructure of terror.”

Police suspect the duo were in touch with handlers across the border through encrypted apps, receiving funds through informal hawala channels. Forensic teams are now analysing their phones, laptops and chemical samples to trace the full supply chain.

What began as a few Jaish posters on a Srinagar wall has peeled back the cover on a new kind of militancy — one that hides behind hospital coats, crosses state borders, and trades in in chemicals instead of slogans.

CCTV footage showing Dr. Umar, a resident of Pulwama (J&K), driving the white Hyundai i20 car believed to be involved in the blast near Delhi's Red Fort, through a toll plaza prior to the explosion on November 10 evening.

Police sources said that the occupant of the car has been killed.
Video shows Umar is in the car alone, wearing a mask.