By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | November 15, 2025 02:55 PM IST 3 min readThe Delhi High Court, dismissing the plea, affirmed the trial court’s conviction, holding the victim’s dying declarations to be true and consistent. The image is generated using AI.The anti-terror unit of the Delhi Police has registered a separate FIR for conspiracy in connection with the blast near the Red Fort, officials said on Saturday.Officials said the Special Cell will probe the “deeper conspiracy” behind the blast, and its planning and execution.Earlier, a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Explosives Act, and sections of the BNS for murder, attempt to murder, and conspiracy was registered at the Kotwali Police Station. It was later transferred to the NIA (National Investigation Agency), which took over the overall probe into the blast.“Besides investigating the deeper conspiracy, we will also assist the agency in the probe related to the blast,” a senior Delhi Police officer said.According to sources, the main purpose of registering a separate FIR is to prevent such incidents in the future. “The police are examining whether there is a conspiracy for any additional blast or terror activity in the national capital,” the source said.The registration of the FIR will give the Special Cell the authority to summon people for questioning with regard to the suspected conspiracy, the source said.The officer said that earlier, in cases related to the Delhi riots and issues involving illegal migrants, the Special Cell had registered separate conspiracy FIRs and conducted the investigation.Story continues below this adMeanwhile, the Special Cell has questioned two doctors from Al Falah University in Dhauj, Faridabad, who they believe were friends of Umar Nabi, the man who is thought to have been driving the white Hyundai i20 that blew up outside Red Fort on Monday, killing 10 people.The role of at least five other members of the faculty at Al Falah are under the scanner, it is learnt.Earlier this week, DNA samples of Umar matched with those of his mother. Sources had said DNA samples from Umar’s mother were collected in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, and brought to Delhi to be matched with unidentified bodies kept at Lok Nayak Hospital.The police had said they suspect Umar was the leader of the “white-collar group” of doctors in a terror module busted days before the Red Fort blast Monday evening. “He is suspected to have been steering and motivating the rest of the flock,” an officer had said.Story continues below this adThe Jammu and Kashmir Police had said they had busted an “inter-state and transnational” terror module linked with terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), and that they had arrested seven people hours before the Red Fort blastStay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram