Minutes after investigators apprehended Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganaie – one of many key conspirators within the “white-collar” terror module – on the Al-Falah College campus in Faridabad, the alleged Crimson Fort suicide bomber Umar un-Nabi slipped out by means of a facet gate adjoining a mosque, exhibits CCTV footage being analysed by investigators which PR has seen. The photographs seize the essential moments when Umar evaded investigators and started a frantic, nine-day escape that ended with the November 10 blast that killed 12 individuals.
Investigators reconstructed Umar’s actions on October 30, the day Dr Muzammil was arrested from contained in the campus. Officers from Faridabad Police mentioned Umar is seen leaving the college grounds and strolling towards the primary market on the Ballabgarh–Sohna Highway whereas desperately attempting to contact a number of individuals.
Eyewitnesses mentioned that Umar reached out to a number of numbers scribbled on a small piece of paper, all by means of WhatsApp calls constructed from his iPhone, however obtained no response.
From the roadside, he was ultimately picked up by an confederate driving the white i20 later used within the blast. The motive force, Shoaib, a nurse on the Al-Falah medical faculty who has since been apprehended, took him to a rented room in Hidayat Colony in Nuh, the place Umar stayed intermittently till he entered Delhi on the night time of November 9, investigators mentioned.
Earlier than leaving Faridabad, Umar wandered by means of the markets of Dhauj after which Sirohi, shifting totally on foot, based on police surveillance inputs. A senior police official mentioned Umar appeared “visibly panicked,” stopping repeatedly to make calls and pacing in crowded areas. At Sirohi’s foremost market, he ate kebabs at a street-side store earlier than approaching a pharmacy to request assist charging his cellphone.
PR traced the pharmacy and spoke with its proprietor, Mohammad Sazid, who spent half an hour observing Umar up shut that afternoon. Sazid mentioned he recognised Umar by face as a physician at Al-Falah’s emergency ward. “He appeared extraordinarily tense, stored scratching his head and calling varied individuals utilizing his iPhone on WhatsApp however none appeared to select up his calls,” he mentioned. “He stored pacing in entrance of my store for 20 minutes.”
At that second, Sazid’s uncle – who was present process remedy at Al-Falah Medical School – noticed Umar and approached him for medical recommendation. “My uncle mentioned his well being points and Umar prescribed some medicines, after which requested him for a carry to a close-by eatery on his bike,” Sazid mentioned.
After the temporary meal, Umar got here again to the pharmacy and handed over his cellphone to be charged. Along with his personal cellphone on cost, Umar then borrowed the uncle’s cellphone and walked outdoors to make one other name. “This time, it seems that somebody answered,” mentioned Sazid.
“My uncle was nervous about his cellphone and went to examine on Umar, who handed him again the cellphone, however solely after deleting the dialled quantity from the decision log,” Sazid mentioned.
Umar stayed for round 20 minutes extra earlier than strolling towards Nuh. In his panic, he forgot to gather his personal cellphone nonetheless charging on the store. “He returned 40 minutes later within the Hyundai i20 with another person driving,” Sazid mentioned. “He received down, crossed the highway, took again his cellphone, and the automobile made a U-turn. He re-entered it and left.”
The store proprietor mentioned that on November 12 Haryana STF and Delhi Police officers approached his uncle after which at his store asking if he knew Umar whereas displaying {a photograph}.
“At first, I didn’t recognise him as a result of they confirmed me a distinct image. Then they confirmed one other one and I instantly recognized him because the physician who charged his cellphone right here,” Sazid mentioned. He later offered police with the CCTV footage and a full account of the encounter.
