Delhi Red Fort Blast Probe: Umar Nabi's Missing Phones, CCTV Trail, and Anxious Final Moments
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has escalated its probe into the November 10 Red Fort car blast—killing 13 and injuring over 20—by officially labeling Pulwama doctor Dr. Umar Nabi as a "suicide bomber" for the first time, intensifying the search for his final two mobile phones among five SIM cards deactivated on October 30, the same day associate Dr. Muzammil Shakeel Ganaie was detained, to reconstruct his digital exchanges with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) handlers in the 'white-collar' terror module spanning Faridabad, Delhi, and Kashmir. Digital Footprint Chase: Five SIMs and Two Vanished Phones NIA teams are combing telecom records and device traces for Nabi's five SIMs, with the last two—used between October 30 and November 10—critical to decoding operational commands, as one handled routine calls and the other secure messaging. Deactivation timing aligns with Ganaie's arrest, suggesting panic; recovered devices from raids yielded partial chats via ...