Delhi blast plot grows bigger, scarier

A widening terror conspiracy has begun to emerge as investigators piece together evidence of a planned series of coordinated car bombings across Delhi and beyond

- FPJ News Service

What began as a single explosion outside the Red Fort on November 10 has rapidly evolved into the discovery of one of the most ambitious serial bombing plots planned in the capital in recent years

Over the last 48 hours, intelligence and counter terror teams have unearthed evidence suggesting that the accused had begun readying as many as 32 vehicles for serial attacks. The Hyundai i20 that exploded near Red Fort — and the Ford Eco-Sport later found abandoned in Faridabad — were likely only the first in a larger fleet of booby-trapped vehicles meant to be stationed across the National Capital Region and other cities. Investigators say the choice of older cars, sold repeatedly, was deliberate, aimed at hindering traceability and delaying identification of previous owners.

Investigators now believe the blast was not an isolated strike but the accidental exposure of a large-scale terror blueprint involving doctors, old cars, fertilizer consignments and a web of encrypted digital communication.

The death toll rose to thirteen on Thursday after another victim, Bilal, succumbed to his injuries at LNJP Hospital. But the numbers only sketch the periphery of what agencies say could have been a multi-city coordinated attack timed for maximum impact.

Search operations are under way across Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to locate a third vehicle, believed to be a Maruti Brezza used for reconnaissance. A fourth Brezza, traced to Al-Falah University in Faridabad, has pushed the institution into the spotlight.