Delhi blast: Death toll rises to 13, DNA confirms Dr Umar Nabi was driving i20 that exploded

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 13, 2025: The death toll in the blast near Red Fort early this week rose to 13 after another injured person succumbed to his injuries at the LNJP Hospital in Delhi, an official said.

The deceased has been identified as Bilal, he said.

According to Delhi Police, information about Bilal’s death was received from the hospital early on Thursday morning. The post-mortem will be conducted later in the day, officials said.

With Bilal’s death, the total number of fatalities in the high-intensity explosion on Monday evening has climbed to 13, while several others remain under treatment. 

DNA test confirms Dr Umar Nabi was driving i20 that exploded

Dr Umar Nabi drove the Hyundai i20 that exploded near Red Fort, reports said on Thursday citing DNA test results of the samples collected from the blast site.

A high-intensity blast ripped through a slow-moving car drove by Umar outside Delhi’s Red Fort area on November 10, 2025 that killed 12 and injured 20 others.

"The DNA results confirm that it was indeed Umar who was driving the fateful vehicle," PTI reports citing a source. The DNA samples of Umar’s mother were collected on Tuesday and sent for examination and reportedly the samples matched with Umar’s bones, teeth, and pieces of clothing that were at the blast site.

Umar was a key member of a "white collar" terror module busted earlier this week. He hails from Koil village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama and was working as a senior doctor at the Al Falah University in Faridabad.

The blast near the Red Fort took place hours after police busted a terror module and made several arrest, including three doctors. Around 2,500 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate, and sulphur were seized in a police bust spanning Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.

According to a PTI report police FIR describes the incident as a "bomb blast," while forensic experts are now analysing whether the materials recovered from recent seizures match the chemical signature of the Red Fort explosion.

The government on Wednesday termed the blast near the Red Fort as a "terrorist incident".