The Red Fort car blast that killed 10 people in Delhi has once again brought global attention to Telegram, a messaging app long accused of being a safe space for extremists and criminals. According to Delhi Police sources quoted by NDTV, Dr Umar Mohammad, suspected to be the suicide bomber in the attack, was part of a radical doctors’ group that coordinated through Telegram. He reportedly had links to Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and detonated the bomb after panicking over the arrest of two of his associates.

For most of its users, Telegram is simply a private and secure messaging platform. But law enforcement agencies around the world see another side: one where the same privacy tools used by journalists, activists, and citizens are also being exploited by terrorist

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