13 November,2025 10:58 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
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A new CCTV footage, which captured the exact moment the white Hyundai i20 car exploded in the middle of heavy evening traffic near Delhi's Red Fort earlier this week, has emerged, reported news agency PTI.
The footage, recorded by a traffic camera near Red Fort Metro Station Gate Number 1, shows the car moving slowly amid autos, e-rickshaws and other vehicles before it suddenly bursts into flames, reported PTI.
Within seconds, the vehicle is engulfed by a huge red fireball, followed by a thick plume of smoke rising into the sky, sending nearby commuters running for safety.
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.
Meanwhile, multiple security agencies are on the lookout for a third car believed to be linked to the Red Fort blast case, police sources said on Thursday, reported PTI.
While a white Hyundai i20 exploded near Red Fort on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 30 others, investigators later traced a second vehicle -- a red Ford EcoSport -- to Faridabad.
However, a third car, suspected to be a Maruti Brezza, remains untraced.
"The missing third car is suspected to have been used by the accused for reconnaissance or escape. Multiple teams are looking for the third car," said the source, reported PTI.
Searches are being carried out in Delhi-NCR and adjoining states to locate the Maruti Brezza, he said.
The DNA test of samples collected from the Red Fort blast site has confirmed that Dr Umar Nabi was driving the car that exploded there early this week, police sources said Thursday, reported PTI.
The DNA samples of Umar's mother were collected on Tuesday and sent for examination, the sources said, adding that they were analysed along with the remains gathered from the blast site.
"The DNA results confirm that it was indeed Umar who was driving the fateful vehicle," said a source, reported PTI.
Umar was a key member of a "white collar" terror module busted earlier this week. He hails from Koil village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
Hours after police busted the terror module with links to proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, and arrested eight people including three doctors, the high-intensity blast ripped through a slow-moving car near Delhi's Red Fort area on Monday evening, reported PTI.
Around 3,000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and sulphur were seized after police busted the terror module, which spanned across Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
(With inputs from PTI)
