Investigation into the Red Fort terror attack has revealed that suicide bomber Dr Umar un Nabi was in touch with a Turkish handler, ‘Ukasa’, operating from Ankara, Turkey. As per reports, the Turkish handler was in contact with Nabi and his associates through a highly encrypted app called Session App. “The communication between the accused and their handler was maintained exclusively through the Session app to avoid surveillance. It’s clear the group was operating under foreign direction,” a senior official said as quoted by India Today.
The Turkish handler was coordinating the terror module’s activities from Ankara
Dr Nabi and Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganaie, one of the accused in the Faridabad terror module, reportedly visited Turkey in 2022. According to investigating agencies, Ukasa, which means spider in Arabic, used to coordinate the terror group’s movements, finances and radicalisation activities from Ankara. The members of the terror module came in contact with Ukasa during their visit to Turkey and were radicalised and recruited into the network there. This finding is being viewed as a breakthrough in the investigation into the activities of the terror module, as this indicates that the module’s operations were not limited to India.
The investigating agencies are examining the chat histories, call logs, and recovered digital devices to ascertain the full extent of the terrorist network’s activities and the possible connection of the network with Pakistan-based terrorist groups.
Delhi terror blast case | The Red Fort blast accused Dr Muzammil, Dr Adeel, Umar, and Shaheen jointly raised around Rs 20 lakhs in cash, which was handed over to Umar. They later procured more than 20 quintals of NPK Fertiliser worth Rs 3 lakhs from Gurugram, Nuh and nearby areas…
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Another discovery by the investigation agencies into the terror module case on Thursday (13th November) disclosed that the terrorists planned to carry out serial blasts in several cities across the country. To execute the plan, eight terrorists made a strategy to move to four different cities in groups of 2 and carry multiple IEDs with them.
In addition to that, the investigation agencies found that Dr Muzammil Shakeel, Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Umar un Nabi and Dr Shaheen Shahid had collected an amount of ₹20 lakh in cash, which was given to Nabi before the Red Fort blast. There was a money dispute between Nabi and Muzammil. Some members of the terror module were part of a group created by Nabi on the Signal App. The terror suspects also reportedly procured 20 quintals of NPK fertiliser worth ₹3 lakh from Gurugram, Nuh and other nearby areas, which was to be used in preparation of the IEDs. Apart from the Hyundai i20, which was used in the Red Fort blast and a red EcoSport, the terrorists were also planning to purchase two old vehicles to plant the explosives in them.
A special team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing the Red Fort blast, which happened on 10th November and claimed the lives of over a dozen people, leaving over two dozen injured. Eight terror suspects, including Dr Muzammil Shakeel, Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Umar un Nabi and Dr Shaheen Shahid, have been arrested by agencies in connection with a Jaish-e-Muhammad-linked terror module.