Red Fort blast: Bomber Dr Umar’s chilling ‘martyrdom’ video surfaces a week after attack | Watch

Umar had allegedly told associates he intended to carry out an attack around December 6 and began preparing the Hyundai i20 on November 10, likely assembling a VBIED using instructions sourced online.

A week after the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed 13 people, a self-recorded video of the alleged bomber, Dr Umar Mohammad alias Umar-un-Nabi, has surfaced, offering the first glimpse into his mindset in the days leading up to the attack.

In the chilling video, Umar is heard defending suicide attacks, describing them as “martyrdom operations.”

:rotating_light: Terrorist Umar recorded a spine-chilling video before the Delhi blast, which has now come to light. pic.twitter.com/jX38wXcHw1

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Calling suicide bombing “one of the very misunderstood concepts,” he says it is “a martyrdom operation… known in Islam.” He acknowledges the objections surrounding the idea, saying “multiple contradictions” and “multiple arguments” have been raised against it.

He goes on to define such an operation as one in which a person “presumes that he is going to die at a particular place and time.” Umar also remarks that no one can truly know when they will die, adding, “Don’t fear death.”

The clip shows Umar speaking fluently in heavily-accented English and appearing calm and composed.

The footage, circulating online since early Tuesday morning, shows the doctor-turned-militant outlining his views on “martyrdom,” indicating that he had given considerable thought to the ideology that eventually drove him to carry out the attack.

According to investigating officials, Dr Umar, once seen as a talented young doctor with a strong academic record, underwent a stark ideological transformation over the past two years.

Umar had joined several encrypted extremist channels and spent long hours consuming and sharing content that pushed him deeper into radical networks, security officials have stated. This shift, they believe, eventually pulled him into a “white collar” terror module, a group that blended professional credentials with covert operations.

Hailing from Koil village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, Umar had long been regarded as soft-spoken and exceptionally bright. However, investigators believe his descent into radicalisation was slow but persistent, marked by growing secrecy and frequent, unexplained travel.

On the day of the blast, multiple CCTV cameras captured him moving through different parts of Delhi. A key clip from the Sunehri Masjid parking area near the Red Fort shows him entering at 3:19 pm and leaving at 6:28 pm, just 24 minutes before the explosion.

Notably, Umar was already a figure of interest in a recently busted multi-state module spanning Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, with links to Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. Eight people, including three doctors, were arrested in that operation.

Hours after the network was exposed, the powerful blast tore through a slow-moving car near the Red Fort on the evening of November 10, claiming 15 lives and injuring over 20. Investigators have confirmed that the explosives used matched the nearly 3,000 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and sulphur seized in earlier raids.

The Centre, last week, officially classified the Red Fort explosion as a “terrorist incident,” as investigators uncovered indications that Dr Umar may have planned the attack to coincide with the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary on December 6.

According to officials familiar with the probe, as reported by PTI, Umar and another key suspect, Dr Muzammil Ganai, had travelled to Turkiye in 2021, where they allegedly met overground workers linked to the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

Investigators have also retrieved dump data from Muzammil’s mobile phone, which shows he conducted multiple reconnaissance visits to the Red Fort area during the first week of January, suggesting early planning and clear intent behind the operation.

A Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week has directed agencies to pursue the Red Fort blast probe with “utmost urgency and professionalism.”

Meanwhile, Delhi Police issued a citywide alert after learning that suspects linked to the Hyundai i20 used in the blast also had access to another red car.

Investigators have reconstructed Umar’s plot through interrogations of eight arrested members of the Faridabad-based “white collar” module and inputs from their families and neighbours.

As per a PTI report, Umar had allegedly told associates of his intentions to carry out an attack around December 6 and had begun preparing the Hyundai i20 on November 10, likely assembling a VBIED using instructions sourced online.

Investigators believe he panicked after Faridabad Police publicly announced the seizure of 2,900 kg of explosives the same day, including 360 kg recovered from co-accused Muzammil’s rented flat.  Following this, Umar reportedly hid in a mosque in Old Delhi for three hours before driving out, when the device exploded prematurely. The VBIED was incomplete, with shrapnel yet to be fitted.

Umar, the 28-year-old doctor from Kashmir's Pulwama, is believed to have died in the blast.