New Delhi: November 11: An initial assessment of the blast site near the Red Fort in Delhi indicated the suspects may have panicked and made a mistake while carrying the explosives, sources said.
The explosion was caused by panic and desperation due to raids carried out by the security agencies to nab them, the sources said.
The raids on terror suspects across the country on Monday, and the subsequent recovery of nearly 3,000 kg of chemical used in bomb-making in Haryana’s Faridabad may have triggered a panic situation for the suspects and compelled them to relocate, the sources said.
The suspect appeared to have assembled the improvised explosive device (IED) improperly thereby limiting the impact, they said.
The blast in a Hyundai i20 car killed nine and injured nearly two dozen people on Monday evening.
The i20 had been crawling through bumper-to-bumper traffic when it exploded, and the vehicle being in motion may have done something to the IED, sources said, adding this angle also supports the accidental detonation theory.
The key suspect who drove the white Hyundai i20 has been identified as Umar Nabi, a doctor from Jammu and Kashmir. Three days earlier from the day of the blast, he switched off his phone and went underground, cutting off communications even from his family, as per NDTV.
The other suspects including those who were arrested before Monday are doctors – a kind of facade to hide their real activities.
