Dr Umar Nabi, who was driving the explosives-laden car that blew up near the Red Fort, had planned a powerful blast timed around the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary December 6, officials said Wednesday.

The details of the plan have been pieced together after interrogation of the eight people arrested for their alleged links to the interstate ‘white collar’ Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror module centred in Faridabad and conversations with their family, friends and neighbours, the officials said.

Umar, a 28-year-old doctor based in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, believed to have been killed in the November 10 Red Fort blast in which 12 people lost their lives, has emerged as a key in the terror network spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

His plan fell apart with the arrest o

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