Dhaka, Monday, Nov 17, 2025
Once a promising young doctor from Kashmir’s Pulwama, Dr Umar Mohammad lived a life that, on the surface, symbolised service and success. But on a quiet Monday evening, his name erupted into the headlines of horror — as the man suspected to be behind the deadly car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed at least nine and injured 20 others.NDTV has accessed what it calls the first picture of Umar, a 36-year-old physician from Al Falah Medical College, whose white Hyundai i20 became the vessel of destruction. The same hands that once prescribed healing are now accused of orchestrating one of Delhi’s most chilling attacks in recent years.Investigators believe that Umar, cornered and desperate, triggered the explosion himself after learning that police had dismantled a “white collar” terror module — arresting two of his close associates, Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather and Dr Mujammil Shakeel. Both men, also doctors, were ...
