India, Dec. 1 -- The first week of covering the Delhi blast case unfolded less like a routine follow-up and more like a hunt for a single unanswered question that overshadowed the entire investigation. The biggest gap that shaped every task on the ground remained simple yet crucial: where did Dr Umar un Nabi stay in Nuh for ten days? The house he chose, what he did there, and where he went during that period formed the missing link officials were not clarifying, a lapse that could have connected an entire chain of events.

The search for this answer began in Faridabad and Nuh, where officials offered little beyond, "No comment." Their silence, half-lines and vague trails only widened existing gaps in the narrative. The lack of clarity pus...