NEW DELHI, MAY 14: The National Investigation Agency has filed a 7,500-page chargesheet against 10 accused in the Red Fort area car bomb explosion case that killed 11 people and injured several others in Delhi last year.
The blast took place on November 10, 2025, when a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device exploded near the Red Fort area in the national capital, causing extensive damage and triggering a major anti-terror investigation.
In its official press release, the NIA said the blast had “rocked the national capital” and caused “extensive damage to the property.”
The agency has filed the chargesheet before the special NIA court at Patiala House Courts in New Delhi under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Explosive Substances Act, Arms Act and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
According to the NIA, all 10 accused, including the main accused Dr Umer Un Nabi, were linked to Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, an outfit described by investigators as an offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.
Dr Nabi, an ex Assistant Professor of Medicine at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, is deceased and the agency has proposed abatement of charges against him. Other accused named in the chargesheet include 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 NIA said its investigation had “unravelled a major Jehadi conspiracy through detailed scientific and forensic investigation” and claimed some of the accused were “radicalised medical professionals.”
According to the chargesheet, investigators found that the accused had reorganised the AGUh terror outfit during a clandestine meeting in Srinagar in 2022 after a failed Hijrat attempt to Afghanistan through Turkey.
The agency alleged that the accused launched a conspiracy under the banner of “Operation Heavenly Hind” aimed at “overthrowing the democratically established Indian Government and imposing Sharia rule.”
The NIA further stated that the accused had recruited new members, spread extremist ideology, stockpiled arms and ammunition and manufactured explosives “on a large scale using commercially available chemicals.”
Investigators said the explosive used in the blast was Triacetone Triperoxide, commonly known as TATP. According to the NIA, the accused had “clandestinely procured constituent ingredients and conducted experiments to perfect the explosive mixture.”
The chargesheet also alleged that the accused fabricated and tested various Improvised Explosive Devices and experimented with rocket-mounted and drone-mounted IEDs with the objective of targeting security establishments in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India.
The NIA said the accused had procured prohibited weapons including AK-47 rifles, Krinkov rifles and country-made pistols with live ammunition. Investigators also recovered laboratory equipment, specialised electronic items, circuits and switches allegedly sourced from online and offline markets.
The agency said the investigation extended across Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and the Delhi NCR region. According to the NIA, the chargesheet includes 588 oral testimonies, more than 395 documents and over 200 material exhibits.
The NIA stated that forensic examinations, DNA fingerprinting, voice analysis and evidence collected from multiple locations linked to the accused played a crucial role in the investigation.
“A total of 11 persons have so far been arrested in the case,” the agency said, adding that efforts are continuing to track absconders whose roles surfaced during the probe.
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