Red Fort blast: Terrorist Umar Nabi bought ammonium nitrate from Haryana’s Nuh. Read how the area has been a hotbed of crime and radicalisation for years

In the Red Fort terror attack case, the investigators have traced the origins of the explosives used in the deadly blast to Haryana’s Nuh. The explosives procurement network has been traced to the Basai Meo village in the Nuh district and neighbouring areas of Faridabad, Gurugram, and Saharanpur.

The authorities say that Jihadi Dr Umar Un Nabi and his accomplices from the Faridabad module purchased fertilisers and ammonium nitrate from here in the last few months.

Posing as farmhouse owners while approaching fertiliser shops in Nuh, the deceased Umar Un Nabi and other accused persons started buying NPK fertilisers in small quantities over the last three-four months.

As per the investigators, the Jihadi module collectively raised Rs 20 lakh to purchase over 26 quintals of NPK fertilizer