Did 'Suicide Bomber' Dr Umar Hide Explosives in His Shoes? Probe on After New Angle in Delhi Red Fort Blast Emerges

Investigators are examining whether Dr Umar had strapped explosives to his shoes after a severed ankle and a damaged shoe were recovered from the blast site, suggesting the footwear may have been used as the primary trigger for the explosion.On Sunday, the National Investigation Agency, for the first time, described Dr Umar Un Nabi, who was behind the wheel when the car exploded near the Red Fort on November 10, as a "suicide bomber". Also, NIA has for the first time used the term "vehicle-borne IED" for the car.The NIA has forensically established the identity of the deceased driver of the "vehicle-borne IED" as Umar Un Nabi, a resident of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir and an assistant professor in the general medicine department of Al Falah

University in Faridabad.The anti-terror agency has also seized another vehicle belonging to Umar. The vehicle is being examined for evidence in the case, in which NIA has so far examined 73 witnesses, including those injured in the blast.The NIA also arrested Kashmir resident who had allegedly conspired with "suicide bomber" Dr Umar Un Nabi to carry out the Red Fort attack. Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the car involved in the blast was registered, has been arrested from Delhi by the NIA, the federal probe agency said in a release.The NIA had launched a massive search operation after taking over the case from the Delhi Police.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9sRdgzy7Oc

Investigations by the probe agency had revealed that the accused, a resident of Samboora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore, had conspired with the "suicide bomber", Umar, to unleash the terror attack. Amir had come to Delhi to allegedly facilitate the purchase of the car, which was eventually used as a "vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (IED)" to trigger the blast, the NIA said.In a similar incident in 2001, British national Richard Colvin Reid had attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes on a flight.