Red Fort blast: Absconding key suspect among 3 named in NIA supplementary chargesheet

📌 Summary:

• The NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet against three more accused — Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad Bhat and the absconding Muzafar Ahmad (alias Faraz/Zafar), all from J&K — in the November 10, 2025 car blast near Red Fort, Delhi, that killed 11 people
• Total persons chargesheeted rises to 13, including prime accused Dr Umar Un Nabi, who drove the vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) and died in the blast
• Muzafar, a paediatrician (MBBS, MD) and elder brother of co-accused Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather, is described as a founding member of "AGuH Interim", which the NIA calls an offshoot of Al-Qaeda, and a principal architect of the blast
• He allegedly played a central role in manufacture, testing and storage of TATP-based IEDs at a clandestine facility at Al-Falah University, Faridabad; a non-bailable warrant has been issued
• A secret meeting at Eidgah, Srinagar in June 2022 reportedly formed the AGuH Interim module; Zameer acted as a courier of arms/cash, Tufail (a former Lashkar-e-Taiba overground worker) as the arms supplier
• Tufail allegedly procured an AK-47, a Krinkov rifle, a pistol and ammunition via "dead drops" for Rs 3 lakh
• Accused booked under UAPA sections and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; linkages established via forensic testing, geo-location mapping and financial trail analysis

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 Internal Security — terrorism, radicalisation modules, the role of investigative agencies (NIA), and the use of laws like UAPA.

📝 Prelims Facts:

• NIA = National Investigation Agency (India's central counter-terror agency, under the NIA Act, 2008)
• UAPA = Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; BNS = Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (the new penal code)
• TATP (triacetone triperoxide) is a peroxide-based improvised explosive; VBIED = vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
• Red Fort car blast occurred on November 10, 2025, killing 11

🔑 Key Term: Overground worker (OGW) — a person who provides logistical support (couriering arms, cash, shelter) to armed militants without openly taking up arms.