DNA samples collected from the Red Fort blast site have confirmed that Dr Umar Nabi was driving the Hyundai i20 car that exploded there earlier this week, police sources confirmed on Thursday.
The DNA samples of Umar’s mother were collected on Tuesday and sent for examination, sources said, adding that these were analysed along with the human remains gathered from the blast site.
“The DNA results confirm that it was indeed Umar who was driving the fateful vehicle,” a source said.
Umar was a key member of the “white-collar” module busted earlier this week, which led to eight arrests, including three doctors. Umar hailed from Koil village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Hours after police busted the terror module with links to proscribed outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and arrested eight people, a high-intensity blast ripped through a slow-moving car near Delhi’s Red Fort area on Monday evening.
Around 3,000 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and sulphur were seized after police bused the terror module, which operated across Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Police have intensified searches across various districts, arresting several dozen individuals in connection with the blast. The CIK has also been conducting raids across 13 districts of Jammu and Kashmir over the past few days.
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