The driver of the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near the Red Fort earlier this week allegedly received Rs 20 lakh through illegal financial channels as funding, investigations into the terror attack that claimed 13 lives so far has revealed.
According to sources, the accused – Umar Mohammad alias Umar Nabi – also procured large quantities of fertilizers after paying in cash from a market in Haryana’s Nuh.
On Monday evening, a white Hyundai i20 exploded at a parking lot near Red Fort, injuring 20 people. The impact of the blast was so intense that several nearby vehicles were damaged. The area was immediately thrown into chaos as people scrambled to help the injured.
The blast occurred hours after eight people, including three doctors, were arrested and 2,900 kg of explosives seized with the uncovering of a “white collar” terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
In a bid to piece together the precise sequence of events before the blast near Red Fort, the investigators have prepared a detailed list of each vehicle that entered the nearby parking area where the exploded car was stationed for three hours, the sources said earlier.