A view of a house belonging to Umar Un Nabi, the blast suspect near Red Fort, in Pulwama on November 11, 2025. | Photo credit: ANI
Security agencies on Tuesday (Nov 11, 2025) recorded statements of family members of doctors under the scanner for terrorist activities and collected samples for DNA comparison as the deadly trail of the Red Fort blast reached Kashmir.
Meanwhile, a feeling of mistrust prevailed among the families of the three doctors.
The J&K Police interviewed the family members, including the father and mother of the main accused, Dr. Umar Nabi, a resident of Pulwama Samboora. Security agencies believe that Dr. Nabi was driving a car packed with explosives on Monday (November 10, 2025) evening near the Red Fort, minutes before it exploded, killing 13 civilians. Officials said DNA samples from family members will be compared with that of the slain car driver to determine the identity.
In the two-story house Dr. In Pulwama, Nabi’s family expressed shock and disbelief over his alleged role in the Delhi blast. The family says Dr. Nabi was a “religiously oriented person and an avid cricketer” who left for Delhi in March last year. The family has no idea about the car.
“We have an old car at home. He was a professor in a college in Faridabad. He used to work as a doctor in the government medical college in Anantnag. He spoke less and always emphasized that his relatives should pursue higher studies. I spoke to him last Friday. He spoke honestly. One cannot imagine that he could be involved in anything,” said Dr Nabi’s sister-in-law.
About 27 km from Samboora are the family members of Dr. Muzamil Ahmad Ganai alias Musaib, another terror suspect, shocked. Dr. According to family members, Ganaie did his post-graduate studies at Al-Falah College in Faridabad.
“This is the first time we are witnessing raids at home. We have not witnessed anything like this in the last 40 years. My son is a doctor and was picked up many days ago while he was on duty. He was doing MBBS from Batra (Jammu) medical college,” said Dr Ganai’s mother.
According to the police, the role of another doctor, identified as Dr. Adeel Ahmad Rather, a resident of Kulgam’s Wanpora, also under scan, in connection with posters allegedly put up by Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) on October 19 at multiple places in Bunpora area of Nowgam, Srinagar, carrying threats against police and security forces. Dr. Ganaia and Dr. Rather, they are in police custody.
Police said both doctors out of seven others were part of an interstate terror group. A police investigation indicated that they were “involved in the radicalization of professionals and students and were in contact with foreign manipulators operating from Pakistan and other countries”.
Vehicle control intensified
Meanwhile, security forces have intensified searches and searches of vehicles across the Kashmir Valley, particularly on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, railway stations and towns.
“To ensure peace and public order, the Awantipora police have intensified vehicle checks on NH-44 and other important thoroughfares. The check drives are conducted to monitor the movement of suspicious persons and vehicles and prevent the movement of any contraband or illegal material,” a police spokesperson said.
Lieutenant-Governor J&K Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level review meeting on the security scenario at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar. A Raj Bhavan spokesperson said the LG had directed all officials concerned to “maintain constant vigilance and security, and emphasized seamless coordination between the police, intelligence and security agencies of J&K”.
Published – 11 November 2025 21:00 IST
