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November 14, 2025e-Paper
Updated – November 14, 2025 04:53 pm IST – Srinagar
Debris at the site after the house of Dr. Umar Nabi, who drove the explosive-laden car involved in the Delhi blast, was demolished by security forces, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar
The residential house of Dr. Umar Nabi, whom security agencies identified as the one who drove an explosive-laden car on November 10 at Red Fort, was demolished by using explosives during the intervening night of November 13-14 in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Meanwhile, Kashmir’s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in his Friday (November 14, 2025) sermon, urged the Centre to relook its Kashmir approach.
Also read: Delhi blast live updates on November 14, 2025
Locals said security forces came in the night and used explosives to blow up the house where Dr. Nabi and his family lived in Pulwama’s Koil. No family member was harmed in the explosion. However, the explosives turned the house into a mound of debris. Locals alleged several nearby houses also suffered damages in the blast.
The J&K Police issued no statement on the demolition of the house of the Red Fort blast accused. The relatives also refused to speak to the media about the demolition. Earlier, the family had described Umar as a “shy, studious, and religious” person. Nabi died in the blast that left 13 civilians dead at Red Fort in New Delhi.
Officials said the DNA samples of the mother of slain Nabi, who worked at the Al-Falah college in Faridabad, matched with the bomber of the Red Fort blast. Besides Umar, two more doctors have been arrested in Kashmir since November 1 for their alleged terror links.
Meanwhile, the Mirwaiz, in his Friday (November 14, 2025) sermon at the historic Jama Masjid, urged the authorities “to seriously relook at their approach of dealing with the people of Jammu and Kashmir only through the prism of security and law and order”.
“Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji once said ‘dayira of insaniyat and jamhooriyat’ will address issues. It’s for them (the Centre) to pay heed to it or to ignore,” the Mirwaiz said.
Describing the civilian deaths in the Red Fort blast as “sad and painful”, the Mirwaiz said, “Such incidents shock and shake up humans. All the political and religious organisations that I am a part of have always condemned acts of violence and terror. People of Kashmir are the first to empathise with victims. What happened in Delhi, no cause, however, right can justify it. No religion can permit it.”
He also expressed concern over the narrative “eager to immediately criminalise a particular religion or community”. “Due to this (narrative) our children and youth studying and working in cities and states across India overnight become suspect, fearing for their safety, while it creates anxiety among people here,” he added.
Underlining the need for dialogue, the Mirwaiz said, “Talking and listening to each other with respect is the best way to resolve issues and build bridges”.
He said while the larger issue remains unaddressed, even the autonomy constitutionally given by the Govt of India to the people of J&K was snatched in August 2019. “People’s land and job rights are taken from them. There is a sense of vulnerability and fear of demographic change. J&K also saw curtailment of all freedom of expression, constant surveillance, fear of arbitrary dismissals from service and attachment of land and properties, constant raids and arrests. Youth face shrinking job avenues due to removal of 35A and a discriminating reservation policy,” the Mirwaiz said.
Published – November 14, 2025 08:51 am IST
Jammu and Kashmir / Delhi / Delhi blast 2025 / act of terror
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