The family home of Dr Umar Nabi, who allegedly drove the car that exploded outside the Red Fort Metro station in Delhi on Monday, was razed in his hometown of Koil in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Most of Nabi’s family, including his parents, brother and sister-in-law, lived in the two-storey house that had a small yard in front. Officials in Pulwama said on Friday morning that the house in Koil was blown up overnight after moving the residents out.

While houses of those accused in militancy-related cases have been previously attached under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), prior to Friday, the only time houses of accused were razed in Kashmir was in the aftermath of April’s terror attack in Pahalgam.

On April 24, security forces demolished the h

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