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Police have launched massive raids across Haryana, deploying over 1,000 personnel to track down a terror module linked to the deadly blast near Delhi’s Red Fort. The probe centers on a group of doctors — Dr. Mohammad Umar, who died in the explosion, and three others in custody: Dr. Adil Rathar, Dr. Shaheen Shahid, and Dr. Muzammil Ganai. Police sources said the network could be part of a “much larger module,” adding that “the terrorists have panicked.”
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00:00News coming in, the police are carrying out multiple raids and searches across pockets in Haryana.
00:06They have information that there could be more explosives or terror suspects and supporters out there at large.
00:15Searches are currently underway in Dhoj village, in village Fatehpur, Taga and the Alfala college premises.
00:24More than 1,000 Haryana police personnel are involved in multiple searches that are being carried out.
00:32Raids are being carried out in different parts of Haryana.
00:35In addition to the police stations, the crime branch and the central armed police forces have also been roped in for searches that are going on.
00:47The police believe it's a much bigger module and terrorists have panicked.
00:51But after three doctors were taken into custody, the fourth apparently, according to police sources, managed to get some explosives in the vehicle and carry out the blast.
01:03That is what they believe so far.
01:05But others out there, is this part of a much bigger module?
01:11So searches are on at the Alfala hospital and medical college even as we speak.
01:17Multiple searches.
01:18Why village Taga?
01:20Because it was in this village Taga where explosives were recovered.
01:27Fatehpur Taga is the name of the village.
01:30The second village, Dhoj.
01:32Initially, some arrests were made and some detentions and the recovery of the explosives.
01:40And I want to get you more details on this.
01:42So what information do we have as of now?
01:46Dr. Muhammad Umar, he's been identified, the person who was driving the car.
01:51Dr. Adil Rathar, Dr. Adil Rathar was taken into custody.
01:55An AK series assault rifle recovered from his possession.
01:59Dr. Shaheen Shahid was the lady doctor who was driving to this place when she was taken into custody.
02:06And an AK series assault rifle was recovered from her possession, from her vehicle.
02:12And Dr. Muzammil Ganai, another conduit, a weapons conduit and a recruiter.
02:18I quickly want to bring in India today's Arvind Ojha for more on this.
02:22Arvind, this time, the whole place is going on the road, the raid is going on the road.
02:26Police of the time, what is this time?
02:28What is this time?
02:28What is this time of 1,000 police carmen?
02:31You are telling me, you are telling me.
04:04Dr. Mohamed Omar panicked and you will see that vehicle move out of Faridabad, crosses into Delhi from the Badarpur border, takes the Outer Ring Road, travels along the Outer Ring Road.
04:18That's the information we've been able to gather so far, travels on Outer Ring Road, crosses the Red Fort area, then enters the Red Fort area, circles that area and then is parked.
04:30Exactly at 19 minutes past 3, it enters the parking lot of the Sunehri Masjid parking lot.
04:4019 minutes past 3 to 48 minutes past 6.
04:45That's the time this vehicle spent inside that parking lot with the doctor inside that car.
04:52Now, what happened between 319 and 648 is also very crucial.
05:00That is where the police are right now.
05:02Even as you and I speak, the police are right now questioning people, interrogating people, looking at CCTV cameras.
05:10Once they've done that, they should be able to piece together.
05:12648, this vehicle comes out, then takes a U-turn, encircles that place, near that very busy red light of Lalkila, Red Fort.
05:24The vehicle gradually stops.
05:26Again, it's caught on CCTV cameras and there's a massive blast.
05:31Apparently, the driver, Dr. Mohamed Omar, is killed.
05:34Sadly, as are 7 other innocent people, 20 others are injured.
05:42There are 3 to 4 who are said to be extremely critical.
05:46Arvind Ojha will get us more on the story, but there's more breaking news that's just coming in from Jammu and Kashmir.
05:55So, India today gets to the blast.
05:58Main suspect, Dr. Mohamed Omar's house.
06:02He's believed to be one of the masterminds.
06:04India today reports from his house.
06:07Dr. Omar is the person who drove the I-20 vehicle.
06:11He donned that black mask to hide his identity.
06:14He's the doctor who was employed at the Al-Fala Medical College and Hospital in Faridabad.
06:20But he hails from Kashmir.
06:23Two of his brothers, that's the information we are getting.
06:27Ashik Ahmed and Zahur Ahmed, Ilahi.
06:30They've been taken into custody.
06:32Now, Zahur Ahmed and Ashik Ahmed, Ilahi, they claim they have absolutely no idea about their brother.
06:40Dr. Muhammad Umar Nabi.
06:43He apparently came from a very poor background.
06:47The mother, Shamima Bano.
06:51Mother Shamima Bano has also been detained.
06:54The Bhabhi, the elder brother's wife.
06:57She spoke to Mir Fareed and she gave some information.
07:00Came from a very poor family.
07:02Was lucky enough to be selected at the government medical college in Srinagar.
07:07Got a scholarship is what we are being told.
07:09Imagine the taxpayer's money.
07:11Your money and mine went into educating somebody who's been described as a terrorist.
07:17And who apparently was a part of a terrorist plot.
07:20Then he did his internship at GMC or government medical college in Anantanag.
07:25Then got a job here at the Alphala Hospital.
07:28So he was studying here, teaching here and working as a doctor at the Alphala Medical College.
07:34And is believed to have carried out this blast.
07:38I want to bring in India Today's Mir Fareed for more on the story.
07:42Mir Fareed, what more can you tell us, Mir?
07:44About Dr. Muhammad Umar's background.
07:48What the family told you.
07:49And what you've been able to gather from your conversations with the police.
07:59Well, that's right Gaurav.
08:00We are at this humble abode of Dr. Umar.
08:03This is Kuala area of Bulwama.
08:05And you're right.
08:06We spoke, managed to spoke with the sister-in-law of Umar.
08:10And the family has absolutely no idea.
08:12For them, Umar was someone who was like Kitab Ka Kira.
08:16Someone who used to study.
08:18And that's all he knew.
08:19He was selected at GMC, Srinagar, prestigious medical college.
08:25And after completing his MBBS, he was a resident doctor here for some time.
08:30And then from the last couple of years, he was in Delhi.
08:34Or should I say the NCR area, Faridabad.
08:36He was working there.
08:37And according to the family, last they spoke with him was on Friday.
08:40He said that he had his examinations.
08:43He was regularly going to the library.
08:45So he was busy.
08:46And they were expecting him to come back to Srinagar.
08:50Two months back, he had come back home.
08:53And at that time, also, everything was absolutely normal.
08:55Now, just to give you an idea of this particular small house here,
09:00as you rightly described him,
09:02he was from a very humble, poor family background.
09:04The family thought that now all their worries are over
09:08because he'll earn and he'll take them out of the poverty.
09:11But little did they know that behind the scenes,
09:14he was someone who was highly indoctrinated, radicalized.
09:17And he was part of the sleeper cells.
09:20That's what the initial security investigations are telling us.
09:24So it's absolutely shocking for the family as well.
09:27Two of his brothers are basically do a localized job here.
09:32They have been picked up by the police.
09:33His mother has also been picked up for questioning.
09:36So that is the routine SOP of the police investigation.
09:38So all the links, slowly, they're trying to uncover.
09:41But an absolutely shocking case
09:43where people who were doing the medical profession,
09:47and as you rightly described,
09:48he was a doctor, two others were with him.
09:52And silently, I mean, discreetly,
09:54while they were working, but deep inside,
09:56they were very highly indoctrinated, radicalized,
09:59and were part of a sleeper cell of the Jaish-e-Mohammed.
10:02It was a sleeper cell, sources say.
10:04And after Operation Sindur, this was activated,
10:07most probably to take revenge on what happened
10:10with Masood Azhar's family during those airstrikes.
10:12So it was activated.
10:13Other OGW network came in with supplies.
10:16Story, Meer Fareed is giving a big, big, big story.
10:21The terror attack carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammed suspects,
10:24that is what the police believe was revenge attack
10:27for Operation Sindur.
10:29This is what sources are telling Meer Fareed
10:32in Jammu and Kashmir.
10:33So because the family of that mastermind of terror,
10:38that maulana of terror,
10:41were killed in the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists,
10:45they carried out a revenge attack.
10:46So you had these highly educated doctors
10:48who are carrying out a revenge attack.
10:50What more can you tell us, Meer?
10:52This is a huge angle that you are adding to this investigation.
11:01Well, Gaurav, the day this attack happened,
11:03the security agencies were apprehensive.
11:06They tried to stay ahead of the Jaish plan
11:08because they were sure that there will be a revenge strike,
11:11at least an attempt from the Jaish-e-Mohammed,
11:13because there were utterances post that.
11:16They were very angry about what had happened
11:18and they wanted revenge.
11:20So post that, the security agencies, multiple agencies,
11:23were keeping a lookout, trying to step ahead.
11:26And it seems that this sleeper module,
11:28it was a sleeper module of these three, this trio,
11:32and they were activated post that.
11:34Now, the intent, according to highly placed sources,
11:37was that they were planning a serial bomb blast case,
11:41as far as Delhi is concerned,
11:43Hindustan ka del.
11:44While that plan was going fine,
11:46but as the security forces unnerved this plot,
11:49they arrested these two doctors and the OGWO network.
11:51It seems, and as we have been reporting,
11:53that he just went ahead with the blast
11:56because the plot was exposed.
11:59It was only a matter of time
12:00before the security agencies would reach him
12:02and he carried out this blast.
12:03So that is what our top sources tell us.
12:05But obviously, investigations are going on.
12:08All the links are being exposed
12:09and in the coming time,
12:11we'll get to know who others were involved in this
12:13and how all that material.
12:15Now, importantly, this, the kind of material,
12:17the incendiary material,
12:18you could see in the blast that there was fire.
12:21The blast that happened,
12:23it was not just normal IED blast.
12:25There was highly inflammable material
12:28that spread across quickly.
12:30Multiple cars caught fire.
12:31So that is the kind of terror conspiracy
12:34our sources tell us.
12:35So this quite clearly seems to be a JASH attack
12:38planned to revenge the killing of Masood Azhar's family
12:43that happened during the Bahawalpur strikes,
12:45airstrikes that happened during Operation Sindur.
12:48Stay with me for a moment.
12:49I'll come back to you.
12:50I have Maasmi Singh joining me on this special broadcast.
12:52Meer Fareed, of course, with us.
12:54Milan Sharma joining us in just a moment.
12:56Maasmi, give us more details about investigations.
12:59The forensics team is there.
13:01What have they been able to gather so far?
13:04Is it confirmed, Maasmi,
13:05that this is ammonium nitrate?
13:09We're told 2,900 kilograms of ammonium nitrate
13:12was recovered just yesterday.
13:14But it seems quite a bit is still out there in the open.
13:34In a moment, we'll just re-establish that link with Maasmi Singh.
13:37I want to come back to Meer Fareed in a moment.
13:41And Meer, do we have more information?
13:43Fareed, I want to understand from you.
13:46Join the dots for us, Fareed.
13:48So you have a Dr. Mohamed Umar, you have a Dr. Adil Rathar, you have a Dr. Shaheen Shahid and Dr. Muzamil Ganai.
13:58How are the four of them interlinked?
14:00Did they study together?
14:02Were they working together?
14:03How did they get indoctrinated together?
14:05What more do we know?
14:12Well, Gaurav, the information that we have right now clearly suggests that the trial, the Dr. Tria,
14:17obviously, they came to know about each other while studying in GMC Srinagar.
14:23And then we know that they did internships at different places.
14:27But quite clearly, the first bonding or the first connection happened while they were doing the medical training.
14:33And post that, our sources say that it quite clearly is a case of a white-collar terror
14:38where you have people who, on the face of it, are doctors.
14:42And obviously, no one would really suspect that they would be involved in any of this kind of an activity.
14:48But deep inside, they were highly radicalized, indoctrinated.
14:52And obviously, we know what had happened in the last four or five years
14:54where the security agencies came down hard on anything that was even remotely related to terror or subversive activity.
15:03So, there was, in a way, a kind of a pin-drop silence as far as the usual subversive network or terror network is concerned.
15:13And since there was a lot of pressure over the security agencies,
15:16so all this was happening discreetly and silently they were into this.
15:20Now, how they were in connection with the Jash Handlers or who really was the brain behind from the other side
15:27who was giving them instructions and how all that was happening, obviously, is a matter of investigation.
15:31But as of now, whatever we're gathering from our sources is that they were connected with each other.
15:36And since it was a sleeper cell, so obviously, they were waiting for instructions.
15:40They were already dedicated to whatever cause they were after.
15:44It was a sleeper cell, so they were waiting for the instructions.
15:47And those instructions came in.
15:50In fact, our sources say post-operation Sindur, and then they got activated.
15:53Obviously, the other OGW network came in with the supplies, with the ammunition.
15:58But the bigger question is that how did they manage to do it in Delhi?
16:03Where did they get that material?
16:04All the timers, all the wherewithal that is required to make an IED or a bomb like the one that was detonated in Red Fort.
16:13So those are the questions that security agencies are trying to find answers to.
16:16But as of now, everyone here is very shocked.
16:19The family is absolutely shell-shocked because they had no idea what was happening behind the scenes.
16:24The guy, for them, was a doctor who was their biggest hope of coming out of poverty.
16:30Now, this is a very humble abode here.
16:32How would a family not know what, you know, members are up to?
16:37It just sounds very bizarre how disconnected families are.
16:41But I want to bring in Mosmee Singh into this conversation.
16:44Mosmee, you're at the Red Fort.
16:45Forensic teams are there.
16:47What have forensic teams been able to gather so far?
16:49What can you tell us the latest in investigations?
16:51Mosmee, can you hear me?
17:08Okay, give me a...
17:09Right, Barabar, yes, I can hear you.
17:12And we are right here at the Chandni Chowk Road, which has been cordoned off from the front, if you see.
17:19First, we'll want to show you what is happening right now here at Chandni Chowk.
17:25As the markets are closed, a 360-degree view will let you know that perhaps the road has been blocked.
17:32And nobody is allowed, pedestrians are not allowed to go towards the blast site that's at the center.
17:39On the other side, if you see that all the shops here are, the shuttles are downed.
17:44There are lots of people who have come out, they've gathered, collected, and are discussing the very, very tragic incident that has happened yesterday.
17:55Of course, Chandni Chowk will remain shut.
17:58But you can see that there are a lot of pedestrians who are waiting to hear updates, police cars, a lot of patrolling, a barricade, a second barricade right here.
18:09So a three-layer barricade is what we see.
18:12And as the informations are trickling out, there seems to be a massive plan to unfold terror in the national capital.
18:26The parking lot we are talking about is not very far away from here.
18:30So a very, very big incident perhaps could have happened.
18:37But right there behind me is the crossroad.
18:40If you see an aerial view of the Subhash Chowk, where the blast site is.
18:46And it's quite a congested area, a very traffic-heavy area, where you see a lot of pedestrians also walking around.
18:55And that Gauri Mandir, the doors of that, windows or panes of that temple, you can see Gauri Mandir was shattered right there.
19:05The Lal Mandir also, just in front of it, an iconic street.
19:10The Chandni Chowk is, in fact, the heart of the national capital.
19:14And of course, you know, there was an attempt to, you know, unleash terror.
19:20Clearly, if you see the amount of people on the road, that intention is very, very terribly failed.
19:28Because people are here standing up to that incident and here waiting to get life back to normal.
19:38Well, absolutely.
19:38Mousphee, stay with me as I bring in Shreya Chatterjee into this conversation.
19:42Meer Fareed stays with us from Umar's house.
19:45Shreya, do we have more details about how this module operated?
19:50The link between Dr. Muhammad Umar, Dr. Adil Rathar, Dr. Shaheen Shahid and Dr. Muzammil Ganai?
20:00Well, first and foremost, as Meer Fareed was pointing it out from Kashmir,
20:05this is a module of the Jaisi Muhammad Ansarwal Hind.
20:09So, this is the module which was being called a white terror module that the Jammu and Kashmir police swooped down upon in Faridabad's Dhaj village.
20:16There were multiple arrests that took place from Al-Falla University, but one man was absconding.
20:21Seems like that Umar Muhammad was inside that car that detonated at 6.52 p.m. yesterday evening.
20:29The Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha confirmed it was a slow-moving vehicle.
20:33So, the I-20 in which Umar Muhammad was, the car was moving.
20:38It stopped at this very juncture at the Netaji Shubash Mark and it detonated at 6.52 p.m.
20:43We have confirmation that the operation was done in panic because there were multiple raids that were being conducted
20:50in a joint operation of Haryana Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police across Faridabad yesterday.
20:56That is when this man planned that he needs to carry out the attack.
20:59He comes over here, I mean, he parks his car for three hours in the Red Fort car parking.
21:06Subsequently, he exists at around 6.49 p.m. is what we are being told and subsequently drives the car and detonates it.
21:13Initial information coming in Gaurav that traces of ammonium nitrate has found.
21:17It is being told that probably an ANFO explosive trigger was used for this blast.
21:23But clearly, if multiple combination was used, that's right now being looked at by the FSR.
21:29But the information that Mir Farid is pointing it out about this being a revenge attack post-Operation Sindhuur,
21:35that is a big thing that is coming in, which is being also looked at by multi-agencies.
21:40There are chatters right now that are being picked of all these sleepers that have been activated post-Operation Sindhuur.
21:47But clearly, we can say that the Jammu and Kashmir police almost carried out a successful operation,
21:52but missed it by a fluke that led to the death of nine individuals last evening here at Chandi Chok.
21:57Okay, now when we talk about this module, do we know who indoctrinated them?
22:07Why were they indoctrinated?
22:09When did they join Jaisheb Mohamad?
22:11Because, you know, medical doctors, one would expect them, their job is to cure people.
22:17These were guys who were out to kill.
22:18Well, absolutely, Gaurav.
22:23That's the reason it's being called a white-collar terror module.
22:26How that happened?
22:28Because what we've been told that multiple OGWs were also activated during the course of time.
22:32This activation happened post-Operation Sindhuur.
22:35These are the information trickled down from the top agencies.
22:38Apart from that, we've been told that multiple silent channels,
22:42including the Darknet and Telegram channels, were used for communication purpose.
22:46That will also be unearthed on how and when these flow of events were transpiring.
22:51But what is important right now is, if at all there are more members in this module
22:56who are still on the run, they need to be arrested.
22:59So we are seeing multi-agency raids taking place.
23:02The Haryana police are already raiding in Faridabad.
23:04The Delhi police have also conducted raid overnight across this region of Paharganj, Radyaganj,
23:09which is a concentrated area.
23:11We've seen raids across hotels.
23:12Four people have also been detained by the Delhi police.
23:16Right now, the more and the more important factor is about understanding
23:21if there are more members in the module.
23:23One thing is for sure, the plan was big.
23:25It was definitely contained, but we did lose nine lives.
23:30So right now, the main important fact that the police is looking at
23:34and the agencies are looking at is raiding and understanding
23:37if there are more members of the module in hiding.
23:40Because sources are saying the two associates helped Oman Mohamed
23:44in the arrangement of this car detonation.
23:47What we are being told is that a liquid substance was probably placed together
23:52in a bulk manner inside the car and then a detonator was used to detonate it.
23:57The car actually broke in two halves and subsequently, in and around,
24:01the vehicles also caught fire, leading to the kind of aftermath
24:04that we actually saw last night.
24:06Indeed.
24:06Indeed.
24:07Now, there are multiple questions that we are seeking answers to.
24:10Shreyas, stay with me.
24:11As our team of reporters decode this terror attack,
24:15the timing of these terror attacks, the location.
24:20Now, the Delhi blast, was it executed in haste?
24:24There are some indications that seem to suggest yes.
24:27Was Dr. Umar Mohamed trying to shift these explosives to a safer location?
24:35Had he chosen Red Fort to be the area of the blast?
24:39Had he put those explosives in the vehicle?
24:41Remember, this vehicle was parked at the Sunehri Masjid parking lot
24:45for over three hours.
24:46So, was he waiting for a larger crowd to reach the Red Fort area?
24:50Remember, Jaisa Mohamed terrorists have targeted Red Fort
24:53or tried to target Red Fort even in the past, in the year 2000?
24:57Did Faridabad terror bust force this blast?
25:01Did they rush through it?
25:02Was their plan multiple simultaneous attacks
25:06through multiple cities across India?
25:08That is what sources that initially intelligence inputs had earlier indicated.
25:13After Operation Sindur, that is what those terrorists were planning.
25:16But is this, that was just the first part, or rushed through?
25:20Did Dr. Umar plot a suicide attack?
25:24A VBIED ramming into a vehicle?
25:27Or was the intention actually to detonate it and kill civilians?
25:31Or was he targeting a vehicle of security forces or someone else?
25:36That's a question that we're seeking answers to.
25:39Was Red Fort the target?
25:41Was the crowd a target?
25:42Or was the vehicle en route to any other VA, VP
25:46or a vital asset, vital point?
25:48That's a matter of investigation.
25:51Were there three individuals in the car during the blast
25:55as was initially reported?
25:57There are two bodies that remain unidentified as of now.
26:00Six bodies have been identified.
26:02Two remain unidentified.
26:05There's just some limbs that have also been recovered,
26:08charred beyond recognition.
26:10The DNA samples have been collected.
26:13And I want to bring in Mosmee Singh
26:14into this conversation along with Shreya.
26:16Mosmee, this is extremely, extremely worrisome
26:21when you have white-collar terror.
26:24These are people who are living amongst us.
26:26Living amongst you and I.
26:28They could be treating us,
26:29but plotting to kill us.
26:31Okay, give me a moment as we reestablish this link with Mosmee Singh,
26:52but I want to also bring into this conversation
26:53my colleague, Preeti Singh, who is reporting from Ground Zero.
26:56So, Preeti, the most worrisome aspect here is,
27:00look at these people.
27:02Dr. Muhammad Umar, medical doctor.
27:04Anil Rathar, medical doctor.
27:06Dr. Shaheen Shahid, a lady doctor.
27:09Dr. Muzammil Ganai, a doctor.
27:11They could be treating us,
27:12at the same time plotting to kill us.
27:14At least, that is what investigations so far seem to indicate
27:17about these terror suspects.
27:23Well, you know, Gaurav,
27:24and that is why this is a sinister white-collar terror module
27:28which has been busted.
27:29It leads to larger questions
27:31that, of course, remain to be answered.
27:33How is it that these doctors were involved
27:36in a terror plot such as this?
27:39How is it that, you know,
27:41the footprint is being traced back to Jaish-e-Mohammad?
27:44How is it?
27:45You know, so many questions
27:47where the loose ends need to be tied into.
27:49That this amount of explosive, ammonium nitrate,
27:52actually found itself in Delhi.
27:54And the larger question, Gaurav, continues to remain
27:57that are there more out there?
28:00Because one would have thought,
28:01and, you know,
28:03somebody who's covered terror attacks in the past, Gaurav,
28:08one terror attack is one too many.
28:10You know, that's often said.
28:12But having said that,
28:14the sheer fact on what could have been
28:16in terms of how it's all tied together
28:19with the Faridabad, now Uttar Pradesh,
28:21back to Kashmir terror plot,
28:22coming in together,
28:23which was busted, you know, yesterday.
28:25So in that picture,
28:27the involvement of these doctors,
28:29you know, point to larger sinister questions
28:32where, A, of course, you got it right,
28:34a white-collar terror module now,
28:39and how are there more members involved?
28:42That's something that remains to be investigated.
28:45Was this a sleeper cell that was activated
28:47right after Operation Sindhu?
28:49You know, what are the larger dynamics of it?
28:51But one thing is very clear.
28:53What we are staring at is the sinister footprint
28:55of somebody who's covered terrorism for so long,
29:00Gaurav, is the Jaish now?
29:02And larger questions would need to be, you know,
29:05addressed on how one actually looks into this.
29:08I just want to give you, you know,
29:09a fair idea of where I am right now.
29:11We are standing right outside the LNJP hospital.
29:14The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
29:15would be here in a short while from now.
29:17Four or five people continue to remain.
29:19Three of them critical, is what I found out.
29:22Two of them with burn injuries.
29:25One of the main reasons we were talking to the doctors
29:27is that why is it, you know, Gaurav,
29:30if you remember late last night,
29:31people have been given to believe
29:32that there was no crater.
29:34Classic signs of blast which is orchestrated
29:37in terms of terror or RDX or with sharp nil and wires.
29:41None of that was found.
29:42The doctors actually seem to suggest
29:44that the nature of injuries are so grave
29:46that in what, you know, in a manner,
29:50the kind of ammonium nitrate that was used
29:52was in such large capacity
29:54that there was no need of sharp nil.
29:56There was no need of anything else.
29:58And that was the intensity of the blast.
30:00So a lot of them have gotten injuries,
30:03you know, inside,
30:04who have come in in terms of parts of cars
30:08that explode, the car that exploded,
30:11eight to nine cars that caught fire.
30:13Parts of the cars blew up to an extent
30:16where parts have been found,
30:18a door has been found 150 meters away from the car.
30:20So one can very well imagine
30:22the intensity of the blast and the injuries.
30:24We were also told a short while ago
30:26about three people, Gaurav,
30:28have been now referred outside the hospital.
30:31Like I pointed out, they're critical.
30:32So they've been taken out.
30:34But a lot with smaller injuries.
30:37Right now coming out
30:38and actually speaking to the press,
30:39I'm going to speak to one of them
30:41who actually sells some water,
30:43you know, who was,
30:45who had a water wending machine
30:46right outside.
30:47Give me a moment.
30:49There are reports that are just coming in
30:51from Faridabad.
30:52There are raids being carried out,
30:54even as you and I speak,
30:55exactly around the location
30:57where 2,900 kilograms of explosives were found.
31:00India today,
31:01Sachin Gaur is on ground zero.
31:03He sent us this report
31:05where more than 1,000 police personnel
31:07are involved in these search operations.
31:10Remember, 2,900 kilograms of explosives
31:12recovered,
31:13but intelligence input seem to indicate
31:16there are more sleeper cells.
31:17There could be more sleeper cells.
31:19There could be more explosives
31:21in and around the Alfala College area,
31:25the Explosive Hall site.
31:26Take a look at this report.
31:43The search operations are running
31:46in Faridabad's village,
31:48in Faridabad's village,
31:50in Faridabad's village,
31:51in Faridabad's village,
31:52in the Alphala College area,
31:52in the University area.
31:54These three areas are running
31:55search operations.
31:55I'll show you that the police
31:58is doing a service
31:59in one of the houses.
32:01They are going to go to the houses
32:03and they are going to ask questions.
32:05The most important thing is
32:07that the people who are in the Alphala College
32:08are being taken
32:10in the Alphala College area,
32:11foreign
32:24foreign
32:36foreign
32:38foreign
32:40foreign
33:10The.-
33:17The police are still in search operations.
33:25At this time, the police are still there.
33:31S.H.C.O.S.A.P.
33:32A.G.R.
33:33A.G.E.
33:34The.
33:35S.H.C.O.S.A.P.
33:36S.H.C.O.S.A.P.
33:37S.H.C.O.S.A.P.
33:38S.H.C.O.S.A.P.
33:39foreign
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34:05The police can be able to provide something new from here.
34:08Because yesterday, the mosque of the commander's office was also arrested.
34:13Besides, the meeting was about 2.900 kilos of Viskotak.
34:17It was been released from Faridabad.
34:20After this, it was a blast in Delhi.
34:22The car was also used in the Delhi blast.
34:25The car was also sold from Faridabad.
34:28The car was sold from Faridabad.
34:31Such in God, Faridabad, until today.
34:34So that is India Today's Sachin Gaur reporting from Ground Zero.
34:37The entire village, the Taga village has been split into various sectors.
34:44Every house, every barn, every cow shed, every buffalo shed is being searched.
34:50Because information is, there could be more explosives.
34:53Alfala hospital and college is being searched.
34:57Because there could be other suspects there.
34:59The mobile phones, a lot of information could come from those mobile phones.
35:03Preeti Chaudhary stays with me on this story.
35:05Shreya Chatterjee also with me on this.
35:08Shreya, this Imam of this masjid who has been arrested.
35:12I also have Piyush Pishra joining me on this broadcast.
35:14Piyush stay with me.
35:15This Imam who has been arrested from Faridabad.
35:18What more do we know about him and his role, Shreya?
35:27Okay, I think we don't have that audio link with Shreya Chatterjee.
35:30We'll establish that.
35:31Piyush, do we have more information?
35:33The raids that are being carried out is for more explosives and more sleeper cells.
35:37But about this Imam, the masjid where he used to preach and apparently the explosives that were recovered in the vicinity.
35:45What more do we know?
35:46Well, Gaurav, we need to connect the dots as to what actually transpired.
35:54Remember that it all started with the posters which surfaced there at the outskirts of Kashmir.
35:59And these posters were seen supporting Jaish.
36:02And after these posters were surfaced, various CCTVs were scanned by the police officials.
36:08And then finally they arrested Mosambil from Jamon Kashmir who confessed to the fact that,
36:14who confessed to the fact that, yes, there were explosives there in his house in Faridabad.
36:19And, you know, the police team reached there at his residence and then a large amount of explosives were recovered.
36:26After that, another person was arrested from Saharanpur.
36:30And then he also gave lead about this maulana, about this Imam there in Faridabad.
36:37And then later on he was also arrested because from his possession various things were also recovered.
36:43And after that, various CCTVs were again scanned and then, you know, a few more people were detained.
36:51And when these actions were being taken against all these people, all these people,
36:56the other persons who were linked with this entire terror module got alert.
37:00In fact, they got scared.
37:02And Omar was also one of them.
37:04And then he entered in Delhi yesterday at around 8.15 a.m.
37:10The first CCTV footage which we have now seen tells us that at 7.30 a.m., he was seen there at the Asian Hospital in Faridabad.
37:19And then he entered in Delhi at around 8.15 a.m.
37:22Then he drove his vehicle from Faridabad to Lashpatnagar to Oakhlath to Outer Ring Road and then Inner Ring Road.
37:29And then he reached there at the ITO area.
37:32And finally, he entered in parking lot area of Red Fort at around 3.20 p.m.
37:37And stayed there for around three hours.
37:39He left from parking lot at around 6.40 p.m.
37:44And then he reached there at the red light area, the red light point of Red Fort where the blast took place.
37:51Let me also once again try to show you the visuals from the very spot where the blast had taken place.
37:55And this entire area has been completely caught on by the security personnel, CISF personnel, RPF, CRPF.
38:02And now your officials are right now investigating this entire crime scene.
38:07You can clearly see as to how this area has been completely covered using white cloth.
38:12And this has been done to ensure that all the evidences are, you know, collected.
38:17And each and every angle can be thoroughly explored.
38:20This is the Red Fort.
38:22The blast had taken place right in front of Red Fort.
38:24And my video journalist, Anki Singh, is zooming on the main entry point of Red Fort.
38:29And the place from where right now we are reporting is the Chandni Chalk area.
38:34And this is always the busiest stretch, Gaurav.
38:38And fortunately yesterday, it was Monday.
38:40And because of Monday, the shops were closed.
38:43A lot of people were not there in the market, which is, you know, telling us to how bigger incident has now been averted.
38:53But yes, around nine people have lost their lives.
38:57More than 20 are injured.
38:58And the treatment of the injured person is going on.
39:02But on the other side, the investigation is also going on.
39:06And the investigation, during this part of investigation, what we are told is that the agencies like NIA, NSG, Forensics, all the agencies are working in tandem to investigate this with all the proper angles.
39:21And they are doing so to ensure that the entire terror module is busted.
39:27Because it's a wide, wide terror module.
39:30It's a big terror module.
39:31Preeti Chaudhary and Milan Sharma, two reporters.
39:35And Shreya, of course, also with me on this story.
39:37Preeti, the kind of injuries will give a lot of data and information about the kind of explosives that were used.
39:44And also, the grave danger that we are facing.
39:48People we go to for treatment are the people who are apparently plotting to kill us.
39:53This is really, really worrisome.
39:55You've been speaking to doctors.
39:56What more have you been able to glean about the nature of injuries that the injured have suffered?
40:02How critical are they?
40:07You know, Gaurav, I think one thing is very clear where we speak of the nature of injuries,
40:11that there was no need for sharp mill, that there was no need, you know, for nails.
40:16Classic signs of, you know, when somebody tries to build.
40:20For someone who knows, you know, who studied terror over decades,
40:24you do have a larger understanding that the sheer fact that nails and sharp mill was not quite needed
40:30because the injuries are not of sharp mill and nails is that the ammonium nitrate clearly,
40:35which now seems to suggest was in large quantities in that I-20,
40:39was enough to lead to grievous injuries in terms of burns and in terms of, you know, the impact of it.
40:48Because cars have been blown to pieces, midurance,
40:51where parts of vehicles have been found 200 meters away from the explosion site.
40:56So the sheer fact, you know, I was talking to one of the doctors and he seemed to suggest that,
41:01you know, the injuries are so grave, yet there are no sharp mill or nail injuries.
41:06Clearly seems to suggest that the ammunition was more than enough.
41:11And in such large quantities that the explosion and the impact of that has led to grave injuries.
41:19We've spoken to some over the course of yesterday to some of the injured that have been bought in some of them.
41:24Some of them, Milan can also add to it, have been referred outside the LNJP hospital.
41:29Most of them say that they were standing 50 meters away, 60 meters away, those with light injuries.
41:35They were struck by parts of cars that actually fell in.
41:38I was actually, you know, speaking to, and we'll just send across that feed in a short while from now,
41:43to one water vendor who was parked good 60 meters away from the explosion site.
41:49And he has, you know, injuries all over, primarily because the carrier of one of the cars, you know,
41:56that flew from the impact of the blast actually fell on him.
42:01So that is what we are talking about.
42:03The, in all probabilities, of course, an investigation needs to be carried out to understand that what exactly,
42:09you know, the forensics will tell us, you know, a bigger story on what is the imprint in terms of what was used for the blast.
42:17But prima facie, it does seem to suggest that the lack of need of nails and sharpnel point to a fact that the ammunition was so much in quantity
42:29that the need of sharpnel and nails did not arise.
42:32The explosives that were used in this case, was it ammonium nitrate fuel oil and the intensity of the blast that led to the casualties.
42:47Milan, you cover the health beat.
42:50You know, the effort that was made to get all the, to get these doctors from across the length and breadth of our country.
42:57Now, these four particular doctors, Dr. Muhammad Umar, Dr. Adil Rathar, Dr. Shaheen Shahid and Dr. Muzamil Ganai, you know, is the medical fraternity giving more details about what kind of people they were?
43:12Have you been able to speak to any colleagues or people who may have worked with them?
43:16The family says in Dr. Muhammad Umar's case, they just come from a very poor background.
43:21They didn't even know. They thought he was studying very hard to be a doctor, a better doctor earned money.
43:27He was moonlighting as a terrorist according to the police.
43:30And that is unfortunate because these doctors must have taken the Hippocratic oath to actually serve and protect people when it comes to their lives being put at stake.
43:44So a doctor is meant to save lives and not take lives.
43:47And that is the irony of the entire situation, Gaurav, that we've been talking about.
43:52And this is the problem where explosives have been made in such a way.
43:57And in this case, ammonium nitrate fueled oil that has not just led to the blast with the intensity that has killed eight people.
44:05Of course, we've been told that this doctor panicked and it could have been a panic attack that was planned in a haste.
44:13But just imagine with the kind of explosives that were caught in Faridabad, what would have been the scale had the attack been planned way ahead and the way targeting was done.
44:24Of course, innocent people have lost their lives.
44:26We've been continuously reporting from outside the mortuary in LNJP.
44:29And I just want to show you also because families have been trickling in.
44:33They've been looking for their loved ones since morning.
44:35There are many people who have not found their family members.
44:39Just look at this.
44:40So this is another case of a person who's not found their loved ones.
44:44They are roaming around with pictures in their hands and they are asking for what has gone wrong.
44:49This woman is looking for her brother because when I spoke to her earlier, she said she's been looking for her brother who she's not found yet.
44:56And there is a lot of such confusion that's going on because not a lot of people have been told where their family members have been taken.
45:04Some were taken to the injury ward in LNJP.
45:07Many casualties also came here.
45:10They were not even part of the list that has been issued.
45:12So there is difficulty still in people finding their family members.
45:16Many have had to skelter, roam around the streets of LNJP as well throughout the night.
45:22And they've only found their family members in the morning.
45:25And as I've been showing you that the eventuality and the questions that they are asking right now need to be answered by the investigation agencies.
45:35While they are doing their investigation, the authorities at the hospital are also doing a job.
45:4020 are injured.
45:41Many more, I would say, have not been made part of that list who are injured and who have lost their lives.
45:47But we'll keep updating on that.
45:49Stay with me, Milan. I also want to bring in Piyush.
45:52Piyush is at the temple.
45:54You know, the intensity of the blast, Piyush, you're describing to our viewers how intense the blast was.
46:01Well, the intensity of blast was so high, the impact was so much so, Gaurav, that, you know, the glasses of various religious places, those are nearby.
46:16The blast spot got severely affected.
46:19Right now, we are there at the Jain temple.
46:22And let me first try to show you.
46:23You can see as to how the blast spot is barely 200 meters away from the very place from where I am right now reporting.
46:31And you can clearly see as to how this is the main office of the Jain Digambar temple.
46:37And here you can see as to how the shattered pieces, the broken pieces of glasses are now lying on the floor.
46:45And this shows the kind of intensity the blast had that the entire window of this office came down.
46:52It broke down and shattered pieces, the broken pieces of glasses are still lying on the table.
46:58Also, we are with us the main official of this Jain temple who was present here when this blast had taken place.
47:08Do you know what name is Pradeep?
47:09Pradeep.
47:10Pradeep ji, you were not at that time?
47:11Yes, I was at that time. I was at that time.
47:13I was at that time.
47:14So, how did your children see so many little holes here?
47:16I was sitting on the chair.
47:18There were too many holes in my table.
47:20Not at that time?
47:21Yes, I was at that time.
47:22Then I was at that time.
47:23Then, I was at that time.
47:24Look at that, now there are more holes.
47:25So, what's the door?
47:26I'm not at that time.
47:27The window I was at that time all closed up and closed.
47:29It was so much tight that, just taking the floor in the pool of the stairs in the house.
47:33So, I thought, there was nothing to me to do because of my room in the room.
47:36Because of this door you were asleep.
47:37But the window was really exceeding down the window.
47:40The window changed into the door when I got the door and we ran out too.
47:41So, I was at that door from the door.
47:42Now, what happened to people?
47:43What happened to people?
47:44So, they said somebody was at that door!
47:45Thank you very much.
48:15I stopped the police and I went to the Lala Mandir.
48:21The glass is so heavy, so the glass is broken.
48:24The glass is so heavy, so the glass is broken.
48:28The glass is broken from me.
48:30People came to me and said,
48:31what happened?
48:32I heard the sound from the house.
48:33I thought, how much pressure would the bomb be?
48:35The glass is not open.
48:37The glass is broken.
48:39The glass is broken.
48:41The glass is broken.
48:43The glass is broken.
48:46So you cannot even move this.
48:47You can still see the impact on the door.
48:50And even I can't open the lock of this door
48:54because it is completely jammed because the impact of sound
48:59which it created there in the temple is still there.
49:02And Pradeep Ji, who was there in the office,
49:05Gaurav is now telling us the kind of impact it had
49:08that the entire glass which was covering the office area
49:12has now come down.
49:13It was completely damaged
49:14and we can still see the broken pieces of glass
49:17scissors lying on the floor.
49:19Gaurav.
49:20There's another big story coming in.
49:21Stay with me, Piyush.
49:22Big, big, big story.
49:24Sources telling India today,
49:26and this is a matter of investigation.
49:29Was the famous Gauri Shankar temple the target of these terrorists
49:35inside the Gauri Shankar temple, barely 200 meters from the Red Fort?
49:42Were these Jaisya Mohammed, suspected Jaisya Mohammed terrorists
49:46trying to target a Hindu temple, the Gauri Shankar temple?
49:50The impact of the blast was such that the windows of the Gauri Shankar temple were shattered.
49:55Now we'll get you a report from there.
49:57We'll also get you reactions of the priest as he narrates what happened exactly at 54 minutes past 6.
50:05Remember what the police said.
50:07What the police said.
50:08That the vehicle was slowing down at a red light.
50:11The vehicle had taken a U-turn.
50:13So was that Red Fort the intended attack?
50:15Or was the attempt to get as close to the Gauri Shankar temple
50:19and then carry out the terror attack?
50:21Sushant Mehra with this report.
50:43And the
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52:02That's a big, big
52:32story that we are breaking
52:34to you here that
52:35was Gauri Shankar
52:38Temple the target of
52:40these radical terrorists?
52:42They may be masquerading as
52:44doctors, but were they truly
52:45terrorists of Jaisya Muhammad?
52:48A lot of investigations need to be done.
52:50But we'll be tracking that story very closely.
52:52Sushant Mehra reporting there on
52:54that big story here for India Today.
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