CCTV footage has revealed that the Hyundai i20 which exploded near Delhi’s Red Fort had been taken for a pollution check on October 29, shortly after its purchase. The video shows three people inside the car, and police are now working to identify them. At least 10 people were killed, and 25 others injured after a high-intensity blast ripped through a slow-moving vehicle near the Red Fort on Monday evening.
00:00And more details coming in with regards to that car which actually exploded which is an I-20.
00:06It was purchased on October 29th and the I-20 car number HR which is Haryana number plate
00:12was purchased on October 29th. The car was subject to pollution check and there were three people
00:20present in that car when that pollution check actually happened and the video that you are
00:25seeing on your television screens which has been accessed by one of our reporters is from October
00:3029th at 4.20 p.m. soon after the car was purchased it was taken for a pollution check and police are
00:38working to identify all those three who were present in that car. Remember the moment when
00:44the blast took place it was Dr. Umar who was present at the wheel and he's the one who's
00:49believed to have entered Delhi via Faridabad through the Badarpur border and had taken
00:57the car near Sunahari Masjid and had finally parked that I-20 which actually exploded is
01:04was used as a suicide bomb and thereafter killing close to 10 people.
01:12Okay we have Munish Pandey joining us live from the site of the blast. Munish we are looking at these
01:22visuals now three people can be seen who went to get the pollution check done for this I-20 on the day
01:29it was purchased. Well Maria at this point of time what we are hearing from our sources within the Faridabad police is that three more doctors known to Dr. Umar Muhammad, the prime accused in the Lalkila blast case, they are being questioned by the Faridabad police as we speak. Also we have been given to understand the
01:59what we understand is that the police has got some amount of detail as far as these three doctors are concerned. According to sources these three doctors are known to Dr. Umar Muhammad and these are suspect as of now in this case. Now the Faridabad police is interrogating all these individuals they are trying to find out that what type of you know connection they had with Umar and also they want to know if at all they were
02:29aware of the conspiracy which was being aware of the conspiracy which was being aware of the conspiracy which was being hatched by Umar Muhammad. So a big piece of information which we are getting from our sources within the Faridabad crime branch and sources say that as we speak their questioning is still going on.
02:44Maria. Okay Manish we are looking at those visuals and the I-20 car was purchased by Dr. Umar on October 20th. Remember the first original owner of this vehicle was a man named Salman who had sold it off to multiple people and this car was sold and exchanged multiple hands and then finally it was purchased by Dr. Umar from someone who was believed to be his friend in Pulwama.
03:12This car was purchased on October 29th. 10 days in fact 12 days before the blast took place and the car was taken for pollution control. There were three people present at the time the pollution control was being conducted. Munish continues to be with us.
03:30So Munish this is the footage of 29th October at 4.20pm. Dr. Umar along with two others. Do we know who are these people who were there when the pollution check was happening?
03:43Well Maria their identities are being established by the Faridabad police. At this point of time we have been given to understand is that they have some amount of lead but that lead has not been shared with media as of now.
04:01Also we have been given to understand is that most of the individuals known to Umar Muhammad were working at the same university where Umar Muhammad was working.
04:14So overall it looks like there was a module which was working under white collar.
04:18All of them very well placed in the society so that no one had a doubt on what they were doing.
04:24But you know Umar Muhammad is being tracked very tracked by the Faridabad police as well as Delhi police.
04:34As far as this car movement is concerned that has provided a crucial information.
04:39At 8 o'clock in the morning from Faridabad police from Faridabad Umar Muhammad left in the I-20 car.
04:46He came to Delhi. He came to Sunari Masjid parking area. He was here till for almost three hours and then in the evening around 6.40, 6.45 he left the parking area and the same signal where I am present he reached around 6.50 when the blast took place.
05:06So all this vehicle movement is being tracked by the police so that they can get a concrete idea that what he was planning, how he was planning, whether there was anyone else involved in the entire terror act.
05:21Those things are being tracked by the police at this point of time and some crucial needs as far as those individuals who were in touch with Umar Muhammad.
05:32And also regarding his vehicle has been, you know, tracked by the Haryana police.
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