The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a massive 7,500-page chargesheet against 10 accused in the Red Fort area car bomb explosion case
that killed 11 people and injured several others in Delhi last year. The high-intensity Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) blast took place near the Red Fort area on November 10, 2025, causing extensive damage to nearby property and triggering a nationwide security alert. The chargesheet, filed before the NIA Special Court at Patiala House Courts in New Delhi, names all 10 accused as members or associates linked to Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), an offshoot of Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), which was declared a terrorist organisation by the Union Home Ministry in 2018. Among those named is the alleged main conspirator, Dr Umer Un Nabi, a Pulwama-based former assistant professor of medicine at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana, who is now deceased. The NIA said charges against him would stand abated. Other accused named in the chargesheet are Aamir Rashid Mir, Jasir Bilal Wani, Dr Muzamil Shakeel, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather, Dr Shaheen Saeed, Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay, Soyab, Dr Bilal Naseer Malla and Yasir Ahmad Dar. The agency filed charges under multiple provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Explosive Substances Act, Arms Act and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. According to the NIA, the accused were radicalised and inspired by AQIS and AGuH ideology. Investigators alleged that during a secret meeting in Srinagar in 2022, the group reconstituted the outfit as “AGuH Interim” after a failed attempt to travel to Afghanistan via Turkey. The agency said the accused launched “Operation Heavenly Hind”, allegedly aimed at overthrowing the democratically elected Indian government and imposing Sharia rule. As part of the conspiracy, they allegedly recruited members, stockpiled arms and ammunition, manufactured explosives using commercially available chemicals and tested different types of IEDs. The NIA said the explosive used in the blast was Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP), prepared through clandestine procurement of ingredients and repeated experiments. The probe, spanning Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi-NCR, includes 588 witness testimonies, over 395 documents and more than 200 seized material exhibits. Investigators also alleged that the accused procured AK-47 rifles, Krinkov rifles and pistols, and experimented with rocket and drone-mounted IEDs to target security establishments. The agency said 11 accused have been arrested so far and further supplementary chargesheets may be filed as investigations continue into absconding suspects. (With inputs from agencies)
