The family of Aamir Rashid Mir, one of the men accused of assisting the suspected Delhi suicide bomber Dr. Umar Mohammad, has claimed that he has “never been anywhere outside of Kashmir.”

Speaking to NDTV, Aamir’s relatives said, “He has never been to Delhi. In fact, he has never even left Kashmir. A picture of him standing in front of a car may have been edited or AI-generated.”

Aamir, 27, and his brother Umar Rashid, 30, were arrested along with another suspect, Tariq Malik, 44, in connection with Monday’s blast near Red Fort Metro Station that killed several people and left vehicles destroyed in one of the capital’s busiest areas. Tariq, who hails from Pulwama, reportedly worked as a bank security guard.

According to police sources, the trio—Aamir, Umar, and Tariq—were involved in handing over a Hyundai i20 car to the suspected bomber. Investigators said the vehicle was initially owned by Mohd Salman, who sold it to a man named Devender in March. Devender then sold it to Aamir, who passed it to Umar, while Tariq was aware of the exchange.

The explosion occurred at 6:52 pm on Monday near the Red Fort Metro Station, scattering mangled bodies and wrecked cars across the area. Eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos as rescue teams and ambulances rushed the injured to Lok Nayak Hospital (LNJP).

The incident came just hours after authorities in neighbouring Haryana’s Faridabad uncovered a massive cache of 2,900 kilograms of explosives, about 50 kilometres from Delhi. Sources said Dr. Umar Mohammad, who owned the car used in the bombing, panicked and detonated the device after two of his associates—Dr. Mujammil Shakeel and Dr. Adil Rather—were arrested and the explosives were seized.

Investigators believe Dr. Umar had planned the attack with at least two other accomplices, using ammonium nitrate recovered from the Faridabad site to make the bomb, police sources added.

With inputs from NDTV