Plot for Delhi Red Fort blast was hatched in 2023, says report

Delhi red fort blast: Suspect acted hastily out of panic after explosives recovered during recent raids, say police

Amid the ongoing investigation into the Delhi blast case, fresh revelations have come to the fore. The probe revealed a nefarious plan by the Jaish-linked white-collar terror module to carry out blasts across several Indian cities.

During investigation, one of the terror accused has confessed that the plot was hatched in 2023, sources were cites as saying by NDTV.

At least 13 people died in the blast in an i20 car near the Red Fort in Delhi on November 10, in what is being seen as a panic detonation while the larger conspiracy was of a serial blast.

Dr Muzammil Shakeel, an associate of suicide bomber Umar Mohammad, has claimed during his interrogation by the National Investigation Agency that he had been preparing for the blasts for two years. During these two years, he had been collecting explosives, remotes, and other bomb-making materials, sources said, according to a report by NDTV.

The Delhi blast conspiracy was funded by the terror accused themselves, sources said. The members of the terror module raised Rs 26 lakh in cash for purchasing the explosive materials. The amount was then handed over to Umar, the sources said, adding that the suicide bomber himself contributed Rs 2 lakh, NDTV reported.

The investigators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) believe that the findings point to a multi-location blast conspiracy. The accused planned to carry out simultaneous blasts at different locations.