In a significant development in the Delhi blast case, security agencies are probing a startling new theory: that the accused Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative, Dr Umar Nabi, may have acted as a ‘shoe bomber’ to carry out the attack.

Sources within the investigation have revealed that a shoe was recovered from beneath the driver’s seat, near the right front tyre of Umar Mohammed’s i20 car at the blast site. The discovery has led investigators to consider the ‘shoe bomber’ modus operandi.

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Recovery of Explosive Material from the Shoe:

Investigators have found a metal-like substance inside the recovered shoe, which is currently believed to have been used to execute the blast. Furthermore, traces of the highly volatile explosive TATP (triacetone triperoxide) have also been reco

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