Hunt for two phones used by Umar are ‘biggest missing piece’ in Red Fort blast probe

If traced, officials said, the devices could reveal identities of the men who directed him, funded him – and whether the blast was part of a larger plan. AI Quick Read

Investigators working to piece together the final movements of Dr Umar Un Nabi – the alleged “suicide bomber” in last Monday’s deadly explosion outside Delhi’s Red Fort – have zeroed in on one element they now consider the most crucial in establishing his final moments: the digital footprint left behind by two mobile phones he was last seen carrying.

The phones, which he was seen using in CCTV footage from a medical shop in Haryana just days before the attack, have become the focal point in the probe into the shocking case. If traced, according to officials privy to the investigation, the devices could reveal the identiti