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SRINAGAR: Security agencies connected Friday blew up the location of Dr Umar Nabi, the Red Fort bomber successful Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, officials said. Investigators said Umar was portion of a panic module linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH). A cardinal overseas handler, Ukasa, acted arsenic the superior nexus betwixt the Delhi-based module and Pakistan-backed panic networks.
The crippled had its origins successful Turkey successful 2022, wherever Umar and 3 associates — each linked to JeM and AGuH — spent clip successful Ankara. Initially communicating via Telegram, the radical aboriginal shifted to encrypted apps similar Signal and Session. “Ukasa guided them connected mounting up covert cells and avoiding integer footprints,” an serviceman said.
The module planned a “spectacular” multi-city panic onslaught involving aggregate vehicle-borne IEDs and equipped strikes. The radical procured 3 cars — a Hyundai i20, reddish Ford Ecosport, and Maruti Brezza. Umar’s i20 was detonated adjacent the Red Fort. The Ecosport was recovered successful Faridabad, portion the Brezza remains nether investigation. Dr Muzammil, an Al-Falah University doc and Umar’s adjacent aide, conducted recces of the Red Fort to survey information measures.
Officials said the onslaught whitethorn person been timed for Republic Day 2026 and Ayodhya’s Ram temple emblem hoisting connected November 25 was besides a imaginable target. Over 350 kg of explosives, including ammonium nitrate and traces of RDX, were seized earlier from Faridabad. Security agencies are present tracing Ukasa’s integer and fiscal footprint, with overseas quality cooperation, to representation the afloat network.
