NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the Red Fort blast have traced the origins of the terror conspiracy to a Turkiye-based handler, known by the codename Ukasa, who allegedly directed the module led by Al-Falah University professor Umar Un Nabi. According to security sources, Ukasa acted as the primary link between the Delhi-based module and handlers of proscribed outfits Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH). The plot, officials said, was hatched as early as 2022 in Turkiye, where Umar and three others — all linked to the two Pakistan-backed groups — had travelled. Read also: Rs 20 lakh cash, 2,900 kg of explosives, 20 quintals of NPK fertilizer: What conspired inside Al-Falah University Umar had visited Turkiye in March 2022 and stayed in Ankara for two w

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