The probe into the Delhi blast case has revealed a nefarious plan by the Jaish-linked white-collar terror module to carry out blasts across several Indian cities. One of the terror suspects has confessed that the plot was hatched in 2023, sources told NDTV.
Dr Muzammil Shakeel, an associate of suicide bomber Umar Mohammad, has claimed before the investigators that he had been preparing for the blasts for two years. During this time, he was collecting explosives, remotes, and other bomb-making materials, sources added.
The doctor had been tasked with purchasing urea and ammonium nitrate, a compound that can explode when mixed with other volatile substances and is detonated externally. Dr Shakeel had also purchased 26 quintals of NPK fertiliser for Rs 3 lakh from Gurugram and Nuh in Haryana.
His associate, Mohammad, was responsible for processing the fertiliser for its use in the explosives and arranging chemicals and other ingredients, sources said.
Blast Was Self-Funded
The Delhi blast conspiracy was funded by the terror suspects themselves, sources indicate. The members of the terror module raised Rs 26 lakh in cash and was handed over to Mohammad, who himself contributed Rs 2 lakh.
Dr Shakeel gave Rs 5 lakh, while other members of the terror module, Dr Adil Rather and Dr Muzaffar Rather contributed Rs 8 lakh and Rs 6 lakh. Dr Shaeen Saeed from Lucknow chipped in with Rs 5 lakh.
While Mohammad blew himself up during the blast, the others are being questioned by the probe agency.