Delhi car blast: Doctors with bombs

On the evening of November 10, an explosion in a car near the Red Fort in Delhi killed 13 people and injured at least 20. Investigations suggest that the suspect, Dr. Umar un Nabi, who died in the blast, was part of a network that was allegedly plotting terror strikes. Nine people, some of them doctors, have been arrested. Vijaita Singh and Alisha Dutta report on the tragedy in the national capital and the findings of the investigation

Updated - November 18, 2025 04:03 pm IST

Security personnel at the blast site near the Red Fort in Delhi on November 10, 2025.

Security personnel at the blast site near the Red Fort in Delhi on November 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

On November 10, at 6:55 p.m., a phone rang at the Delhi Fire Services. The panicked caller told an officer that a blast had occurred in a car in front of the Red Fort. Within minutes, the roads near the high security area were chock-a-block with fire tenders, ambulances, and police vans, recalls the officer, who did not want to be named.

The scene, he remembers, was ghastly. There were shattered glass pieces, dismembered body parts, streaks of blood, and broken vehicle parts on Netaji Subhash Marg, the road leading to the Mughal-era sandstone structure.

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