Explosive tutorial trail: JeM operative shared 40+ bomb-making videos with Delhi blast accused doctor

At least 15 were killed in the November 10 Delhi blast.

A Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) handler reportedly shared bomb-making videos with Dr Muzamil Shakeel, one of the accused doctors involved in the November 10 Delhi blast.

Preliminary probe suggests the handler, known as 'Hanzulla', sent 42 bomb making videos via encrypted apps to the arrested doctor. Investigators believe Hanzulla was operating under a pseudonym and are now attempting to trace his digital footprint.

According to a report in NDTV, the JeM operative allegedly contacted Shakeel through Maulvi Irfan Ahmed, a cleric from Shopian who is believed to have played a crucial role in radicalising a group of young doctors and stitching together what investigators describe as a 'white-collar terror module'.

Shakeel, who was employed as a doctor at Faridabad's Al-Falah University, used to recruit like-minded doctors. He was a an associate of Umar Nabi, who driving the explosives-laden Hyundai i20 car used in the blast which claimed 15 lives.

The Jaish posters that surfaced in J&K's Nowgam last month and triggered the terror probe carried the name 'Commander Hanzulla bhai', NDTV said quoting sources.

Earlier findings in the Delhi blast investigation indicated that Shakeel got inclined toward the ISIS-affiliated outfit Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind between 2021 and 2022 after coming in touch with associates of killed militants.

As per the findings, Shakeel is believed to have transported the explosives and facilitated the transfer of the white Hyundai i20 to Umar.

Deadly Delhi blast

At least 15 people were killed and several injured after a white Hyundai i20 exploded near Gate No. 1 of Delhi's Red Fort metro station on the evening of November 10. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) then formally handed over the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), citing a terror angle behind the explosion.

The explosion rocked Delhi just hours after police recovered 2,900 kg of explosives in Faridabad. Security agencies unearthed what they described as 'white-collar terror network' spanning Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and arrested eight people, including three doctors.

The blast accused doctors had used the secure messaging app Telegram to make terror plans using the names of common dishes to avoid drawing attention. The code words used included 'biryani' (for explosive material) and 'daawat' (for a specific event).