The investigation into the deadly car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort has intensified with the scheduled arrival of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team to take over the probe from local police. The focus remains on the discovery of a massive cache of explosive materials and firearms in Faridabad, allegedly linked to a “white-collar” terror module involving doctors.
College Lab Becomes Key Focus
Faridabad Police have sealed the Biochemistry Laboratory and an adjacent toilet block at Al-Falah Medical College, where one of the accused, Dr. Muzammil Ahmad Ganai, worked as a professor and physician for over three years.
- Evidence Found: Forensic experts recovered traces of substances from lab benches and storage racks that match preliminary indicators of ammonium nitrate-based compounds.
- The Suspects’ Modus Operandi: Police suspect Dr. Ganai was siphoning off small quantities of ammonium compounds and oxidizers from the college labs over a period of weeks. The recovered material was allegedly used to test chemical reactions in controlled amounts before the operation was scaled up to store nearly 2,900 kg of explosives at two rented premises in Dhauj and Fatehpur Taga.
- Official Action: Assistant Police Commissioner Varun Dahiya confirmed that the forensic report will be “crucial to establishing this link” between the college’s inventory and the recovered explosive components.
The recovered explosives and arms cache were found in properties rented by Dr. Ganai, who was arrested by J&K police for his links to the terror module. Another accused, Dr. Umar Un Nabi, a colleague from the same college, is suspected to be the driver of the Hyundai i20 that exploded near the Red Fort.
A J&K Police team is coordinating with forensic experts in Faridabad to compare the recovered samples with material found in Srinagar, aiming to establish chemical and operational linkages across the inter-state terror network.