Marco Rubio called the Red Fort car blast a clear terror attack, praised India’s professional probe and warned the incident carries wider risks, while reaffirming US confidence in New Delhi’s handling.

Investigations into the Red Fort terror attack have confirmed that the “bomber” was Dr Umar Nabi. His identity was established through DNA testing. Investigators had long suspected him to be the prime accused,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the car explosion near Red Fort is 'clearly a terrorist attack' as he commended India for being 'very measured' and 'very professional' in the way it is investigating the deadly incident.

Investigators revealed that the attack is linked to a larger network of planned assaults in four cities across the nation, orchestrated by a cross-border "white-collar terror" group

The explosion happened while police personnel, forensic experts, and civil officials were inspecting a large cache of explosives seized in connection with the ghastly November 10 Delhi Red Fort car blast that killed 12 people.

Security forces have unearthed a "transnational, white-collar terror module" comprising of doctors, clerics and businessmen --- seizing thousands of kilograms of explosives, detonators, timers and other bomb-making equipment during recent raids.

The CCTV footage, dated November 10, the day of the blast, shows Dr Umar Nabi walking outside Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in the Turkman Gate area of Old Delhi.

Hours before a powerful explosion killed at least nine people in Delhi, police had arrested a Kashmiri doctor in nearby Faridabad and recovered a huge

The accidental blast occurred while police, forensic experts, and civil officials were extracting samples from a large cache of explosives seized in connection with the “white-collar” terror module, linked to the ghastly November 10 Delhi Red Fort car blast.

An explosion in a car on 10 November killed 13 people and injured several others near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi. Investigators have now found parallels with the 2011 Delhi HC bombing.