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Investigators relied on key forensic clues to establish that Umar Nabi was driving the car that exploded near Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10, including a charred portion of a leg found near the accelerator and a black sports shoe lying beside the wreckage, The Indian news has learnt. The blast almost completely destroyed the car, sources said, leaving only the front portion of the bonnet, a tyre and part of the gear lever intact. “Forensic teams recovered the lower portion of a leg from the driver’s side and sent it to a hospital mortuary for DNA analysis,” sources said.

What did the explosive contain? Forensic analysis of explosives that led to the November 10 blast outside the Red Fort has confirmed the use of a mixture of ammonium nitrate and triacetone triperoxide (TATP), highly potent chemicals whose sale and handling are heavily regulated, The Indian news has learnt. According to the initial findings of the forensic science laboratory, at least 30-40 kg of ammonium nitrate was present in the car, which only could have led to an explosion of such a magnitude.

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Killed in Nowgam blast: Mohammad Amin Mir last spoke to his younger brother on the phone Friday night. “I am busy,” he said. “I will finish work soon and return home.” Mir, a head constable at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) posted at the District Police Lines, Srinagar, was part of the team that went to the Nowgam police station to collect samples from the explosive-making materials that went off late Friday night.

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