The man behind the deadly Red Fort blast, Dr. Umar Nabi, had originally intended to carry out a powerful attack on December 6, coinciding with the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary, officials told news agency PTI on Wednesday.

Nabi, a 28-year-old doctor from Pulwama in Kashmir, was driving the explosives-laden vehicle that exploded near the Red Fort on November 10, killing 12 people. His plan fell apart with the arrest of Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie alias Musaib, who taught at Faridabad's Al Falah University and from whose room 360 kg of ammonium nitrate was found. It is believed that Umar panicked, and the explosion was accidental, the officials said. Advertisement

According to officials, the details of Nabi's planned terror attack came to light through the interrogation of eight indiv

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