New Delhi, Nov 17: Continuing with its probe in the Red Fort area car bomb blast case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key associate who provided technical support to the terrorists involved in the blast, an official said.
Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, also a Kashmir resident, was arrested from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir by an NIA team that was in the Valley in the case RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI.
The NIA investigations have revealed that Jasir had allegedly provided technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rockets ahead of the deadly car bomb blast, which killed 10 people and left 32 people injured.
The accused, a resident of Qazigund in Anantnag district of J&K, was an active co-conspirator behind the attack and had worked closely with the terrorist, Dr Umar Muhammad Nabi, to plan the terror carnage.
The NIA continues to explore various angles to unravel the conspiracy behind the bombing. Several teams of the anti-terror agency are pursuing multiple leads and are conducting searches across states to identify every person involved in the terror attack.
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday was granted a 10-custody of the Delhi blast suicide bomber’s aide, Amir Rashid Ali by the special anti-terror agency court in Delhi.
Amir, according to the anti-terror agency, was arrested for conspiring with the suicide bomber – Dr Umar – to carry out the terror attack which claimed 10 lives and left 32 others injured near Delhi’s historic Red Fort.
Amir was produced in the court today. The court granted 10-day custody of Amir to the NIA. “He has been found involved in providing assistance to the Delhi blast accused Dr Umar. He also provided logistical support and procurement to Umar and assisted him to make IED and explosives used in the blast,” the Anti-Terror Agency said.
It added the accused was found involved in terrorist related activities and was found to have visited the safe house arranged by Dr Umar. “Amir will now be brought to the Kashmir Valley to probe further links into the Delhi blast case”.
Amir had come to Delhi to facilitate the purchase of the car which was eventually used as a vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to trigger the blast, the NIA had said on Sunday.
Delhi blast: NIA arrests one more aide
