New Delhi: The Government on Wednesday, November 12, termed the blast near the Red Fort as a “terrorist incident” even as it emerged during investigations that Dr Umar Nabi, who was driving the explosives-laden car, planned an attack here to coincide with the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary on December 6.

Officials involved in the investigations into the blast on Monday evening, which claimed 12 lives and injured several, said that Umar and another key suspect, Dr Muzammil Ganai, had met overground workers of the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) during their trip to Turkiye in 2021.

They also said that an analysis of dump data retrieved from the mobile phone of Muzammil showed he had recced the Red Fort area multiple times in the first week of January.

Prime Minister Nar

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