Delhi Red Fort car attack was planned after agencies busted Faridabad terror module: Reports

Delhi’s Red Fort car blast was planned after agencies busted the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) module at Haryana’s Faridabad, according to reports.

The CCTV footage has shown that the car involved in the Red Fort blast left Faridabad at around 7:30 am and entered the Red Fort complex’s parking at 3:19 pm and exited at 6:22 pm, according to ANI.

Just 20 minutes later, the car exploded at a traffic signal near the Red Fort Metro Station, killing at least 12 people and injuring 20.

ANI has reported that investigators believe after preliminary investigation that the suspect intended to carry out the attack as soon as they learnt that the Faridabad module had been busted.

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Officials believe that the suspect appeared to have intended to carry out a ‘fidayeen’ attack to maximise casualties and avoid capture by police, as per ANI.

Investigators are also looking into the possibility of some other place being the actual target of the attack since the car was moving slowly, the report said.

Based on footage from various CCTV cameras along the way, the police have retraced the nearly 11-hour journey of the car from Faridabad to Red Fort.

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As per the report, the car was first seen outside Asian Hospital in Faridabad at around 7:30 am on Monday and crossed the Badarpur toll plaza and entered Delhi at 8:13 am meanwhile. Then, it was spotted near a petrol pump close to the Okhla Industrial Area at 8:20 am. Finally, the car entered the parking area near the Red Fort complex at 3:19 pm where it remained parked for around three hours. The car finally left the parking at 6:22 pm and moved toward the Red Fort.

As per the police, the car exploded at 6.52 pm.

The Red Fort blast occurred hours after authorities recovered around 360 kilograms of suspected ammonium nitrate and a cache of arms and ammunition from a Kashmiri doctor’s rented accommodation in Haryana’s Faridabad, near Delhi. They suspect that the two incidents could be linked.

Arrests and recoveries in Faridabad are part of an ongoing counter-terrorism investigation stretching from Jammu and Kashmir to Haryana.

The J&K Police has said that around 2,900 kg of bomb-making material has so far been recovered, including explosives, chemicals, reagents, inflammable material, electronic circuits, batteries, wires, remote controls, timers, and metal sheets.