Red Fort bomb blast case: NIA files 7,500-page chargesheet against 10

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a 7,500-page chargesheet against 10 accused in connection with the deadly car bomb explosion near the Red Fort area of the national capital that killed 11 people and injured several others.

The high-intensity Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) blast took place on November 10, 2025, and caused extensive destruction to nearby property, sending shockwaves across Delhi and triggering a nationwide security alert.

According to the NIA, all 10 accused named in the chargesheet, including the alleged mastermind Dr Umer Un Nabi, who was killed in the blast, were associated with Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), a terror outfit considered an offshoot of Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). AQIS and its affiliated organisations were declared terrorist entities by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in June 2018.

The chargesheet has been filed under relevant sections of the UA(P) Act 1967, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Explosive Substances Act 1908, Arms Act 1959, and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984. Charges against Pulwama-based Dr Umer Un Nabi (deceased), an ex-Assistant Professor of Medicine at Al-Falah University in Faridabad (Haryana), have been proposed to be abated. Nabi, originally from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, had previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana.

Besides Nabi, the other accused named in the chargesheet are Aamir Rashid Mir, Jasir Bilal Wani, Dr Muzamil Shakeel, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather, Dr Shaheen Saeed, Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay, Soyab, Dr Bilal Naseer Malla and Yasir Ahmad Dar.

The agency stated that the chargesheet is based on an extensive investigation conducted across Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and the Delhi-NCR region. The investigation reportedly includes 588 witness statements, over 395 documentary records and more than 200 seized exhibits and material objects.

According to investigators, the accused were allegedly motivated by extremist ideology propagated by AQIS and AGuH. The NIA claimed that several among them, including medical professionals, became radicalised and were involved in a larger conspiracy aimed at carrying out terror activities in India.

The probe revealed that in 2022, the accused allegedly regrouped during a secret meeting in Srinagar after a failed attempt to migrate to Afghanistan through Turkey. During this meeting, they are said to have revived the AGuH network under the new banner of “AGuH Interim”.