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NEW DELHI: The murmured voice, the darting gaze, the tight frame that reveals almost nothing of his surroundings — the latest recovered video of Red Fort blast bomber Dr Umar Un Nabi offers a disturbing window into the mind of a man preparing for mass murder.Security agencies analysing the footage say the undated recording is more than a monologue — it is a blueprint of a suicide bomber’s psyche, captured just days or weeks before the November 10 attack that killed 15 people in Old Delhi.
In the video, Umar, seated alone in a dimly lit room, dissects the concept of suicide bombing, calling such attacks “martyrdom operations” and insisting they are widely misunderstood.
His tone is measured, almost academic.He claims that what the world calls a suicide bombing is, in his view, a “deliberate operation” undertaken by someone who accepts with certainty that they will die at a fixed time and place, drawing a distinction between self-harm and what he argues is a sanctified mission.Investigators say the video was meant to radicalise and indoctrinate, reflecting why Umar was considered the most ideologically extreme member of the so-called “white-collar” Faridabad module.
The recording, they say, gives rare insight into the premeditation, conviction and mental conditioning behind such attacks.What Umar’s video reveals
- Brands suicide bombings as “martyrdom operations”
- Dismisses objections as “misunderstandings”
- Emphasises certainty of death as central to the act
- Designed to influence and radicalise recruits
- Suggests deep ideological indoctrination and planning
- NIA widens probe; drone strikes and rockets planned
On Monday, the NIA arrested another Kashmiri resident linked to the case, revealing that the Jaish module was planning Hamas-style drone attacks and developing small rockets for a series of coordinated blasts.Investigators are examining whether Umar acted as a ‘shoe bomber’, after a shoe was found beneath the driver’s seat of the i20 car used in the blast.The second suspect, Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish of Qazigund, Anantnag, was arrested in Srinagar. NIA calls him a key associate of Umar.The November 10 Red Fort blast killed 15 and injured 28, ripping through shopfronts and triggering chaos in Old Delhi.The trail begins in faridabad: 2,900kg of explosivesThe plot unravelled after police recovered 2,900 kg of ammonium nitrate and explosives from two rented rooms in Faridabad:
- 358kg from a room in Dhauj village
- 2,600 kg from Fatehpur Taga, stored discreetly over weeks
- Both rooms were rented by Dr Muzammil, Umar’s colleague at Al-Falah University. One property was just a kilometre from the campus.
Residents were stunned: “We never saw vehicles unloading sacks.
It’s terrifying to know explosives were stored so close.”Investigators say Umar and Muzammil likely transported the explosives from Jammu & Kashmir, raising concerns about cross-border facilitation.Al-Falah University under deep scrutiny
- Al-Falah University, run by the Al-Falah Charitable Trust, is now under the scanner:
- Houses a 200-seat medical college and 50 MD seats
- Receives foreign donations, including from Arab nations
- Caters largely to students from Mewat, Kashmir, and Bihar
Officials say Dr Muzammil and Umar joined in quick succession during the pandemic — Umar in 2021, Muzammil six months later.Despite living on campus, Muzammil allegedly used the rented rooms solely to stockpile explosives, not for residence — a detail investigators say hints at preparation, secrecy and long-term planning.
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