NEW DELHI, Nov 12: Within hours of the Delhi police issuing alerts about a red-coloured Ford EcoSport car suspected to be linked with the Delhi Red Fort blast, the vehicle was traced in Haryana on Wednesday evening.
The police said the car, bearing number plate DL10CK0458, was found abandoned at a farmhouse at Khandavali village in Haryana. The alert was issued after the investigation revealed that other suspects, already connected to the Hyundai i20 used in the explosion, were also in possession of the red-coloured car, sources said. All Delhi police stations, police posts, and border checkpoints were alerted to be on the lookout for the red EcoSport car.
At least five teams of Delhi Police were deployed to locate the vehicle, while neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Police were also alerted to maintain heightened vigilance and assist in the search. The sources said the red Ford EcoSport was registered in the name of Dr Umar Un Nabi, the prime suspect in the Delhi blast case. Dr Umar, who was part of an extensive terror module and was working at the Al-Falah Medical College in Haryana’s Faridabad, was believed to be driving the car that exploded near the Red Fort on Monday evening.
The suspect car’s registration details were circulated to all border units. The vehicle, the sources said, is suspected to have been used by Umar for reconnaissance activities. The car was bought on a fake address, the source added. Dr Umar Nabi had given the address of a house in North-East Delhi for the car purchase, said the source, adding that the police conducted a late-night raid on that address. The Central Forensic Science Laboratory team has arrived at Khandavali village where Faridabad police found the car.
(Manas Dasgupta)
