New Delhi: In a major revelation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has for the first time formally described the Red Fort car explosion on November 10 as a suicide bombing, marking a sharp departure from the earlier assumption of an accidental blast.

The probe has uncovered a planned terror operation involving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) that killed 13 people near one of Delhi’s most high-security zones.

The development comes alongside the arrest of Amir Rashid Ali, a resident of Samboora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, who the NIA says played a critical role in executing the conspiracy.

Ali was apprehended in Delhi after investigators established his involvement in procuring the vehicle used in the bombing.

According to the NIA, Ali worked in coor

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