New Delhi, Aug 13 (NVI) The bomb explosion near the Red Fort here in November last year has been “officially attributed” to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), according to a UN Security Council sanctions monitoring report.
On November 10, 2025, a car laden with explosives blew up at a busy traffic signal at around 6:50 p.m. The car was being driven by Dr. Umar Un Nabi, a doctor by profession and an assistant professor at Al Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana, and he was killed in the blast.
At least 12 innocent civilians were killed and 32 others were injured in this terror incident.
“The attack in November 2025 on the Red Fort in Delhi was officially attributed to AQIS,” said the 38th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, submitted to the Security Council’s 1267 Sanctions Committee on ISIL and Al-Qaeda.
It said AQIS has continued to evolve from a fragmented outfit into a regional terrorist entity.
“AQIS established logistics and financial networks, working in decentralised small, scattered cells instead of large units.
The report also expressed concern over AQIS seeking to exploit Bangladesh to establish cells there.
It further said Al-Qaeda and ISIL (Da’esh) had maintained a sustained interest in developing chemical and biological weapons, though they had so far failed to overcome the technical challenges involved.
“For example, in February, ISIL (Da’esh)’s English-language Invade magazine included instructions on how to develop botulinum toxin and cyanide,” it said.
The report said ISIL-K had shown “particular interest” in developing ricin and had circulated related instructions over the past year.
It added that Indian authorities arrested three people, including a doctor, at the end of 2025 for allegedly being tasked by an ISIL (Da’esh) cell abroad with developing ricin. (NVI)
