Inside ‘bomb factory': Terror doctor Muzammil used grinder, electric tools to make explosives

FARIDABAD: In a quiet Faridabad home Dhauj village, terror was being ground to powder. The co-accused in the Delhi car blast Dr Muzammil, used grinder to make explosives.

Pictures of the grinder and electrical machinery, recovered from the house of a taxi driver in Faridabad, Haryana, reveal the chilling scale of his preparations.




How an everyday grinder became tool to powder chemicals

A grinder has heavy rollers or blades to crush solid material into fine powder.

While it is normally used for grains, it can also be used to grind chemical compounds into fine powder, which can then be used in reactions to make explosives.

A day before the November 10 blast that killed 15 people, a video resurfaced showing 2,600kg of ammonium nitrate stored in a secluded cleric’s house from where Muzammil had rented a room for just Rs 1,500 a month.

Investigators say this stash formed a critical part of the terror module.

Evidence recovered from Muzammil’s lodgings at Al-Falah University, along with those of co-accused Umar Un Nabi—the driver of the i20 used in the blast—suggests that the terror plot had been meticulously planned for over two years.

Diaries and notebooks contained coded references, names, numbers, and repeated mentions of “operation,” pointing to multiple intended attacks.

Evidence allegedly recovered from room Al-Falah University's room no 13 (where Muzammil Ganaie lived) and Umar Un Nabi’s room (No 4) points towards an elaborate terror plot.

According to investigators, the notebooks and diaries were filled with coded references, names and numbers with dates from November 8-12, suggesting the doctors were planning multiple attacks.

The word ‘operation’ was scribbled repeatedly on the diaries.Umar, who was driving the i20 that blew up near Red Fort metro station on November 10 and Muzammil, who had rented the two rooms in Faridabad from where nearly 3,000kg of ammonium nitrate and other explosive substances were found last week, had both joined Al-Falah in close succession during the pandemic – Umar in 2021 and Muzammil six months after that, the sources said.

The diaries were also found to contain names of 2530 people, most of whom are either from Jammu & Kashmir, Muzammil and Umar’s home state, or Faridabad and nearby areas, giving investigators an idea of the contours of this white coat terror module.

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