Delhi blast: Key accused Muzammil, Shaheen and 2 others sent to 10-day NIA custody by court
Delhi blast: The 4 accused were arrested by the NIA from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The total arrests linked to terror attack have now gone up to 6.
The Patiala House Court on Thursday sent Dr Muzammil Ganaie, Shaheen Shahid and two others to 10-day custody of the National Investigation Agency in connection with the 10 November explosion near Delhi's Red Fort. The accused - Muzammil Ganaie, Adeel Rather, Shaheen Shahid and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay, a preacher, had earlier been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir Police for their alleged role in a white collar terror module.
The agency took them into custody in Srinagar after production orders were issued by the district sessions judge at Patiala House Court, an agency spokesperson said. The explosion on Netaji Subhash Marg on November 10 left 15 people dead after a car laden with explosives was detonated in a targeted attack by a terror module operating out of Faridabad in Haryana.
About the accused
The key accused -- Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag, Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow, and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian played significant roles in the attack that killed several people and left many others injured. They were produced before the court after NIA took them into custody for further proceedings.
Earlier, the agency had arrested two other accused, Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the car used in the blast was registered, and Jasir Bilal Wani, also known as Danish, who had provided technical support to the terrorist involved in the attack. Their questioning is ongoing as part of efforts to uncover the full conspiracy in case.
The investigation was handed over to the agency by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) soon after the incident. The agency is working with various state police forces to trace and arrest every member of the group responsible for the attack.
Red Fort car blast
The blast on 10 November took place when a high-intensity explosive device went off inside a car near the Red Fort, killing 15 people. Dr Umar un Nabi, who was driving the explosives-laden i20, had allegedly bought the vehicle in Ali’s name. Wani was arrested after it was found that Umar had tried to convince him to become a suicide bomber. He refused, but he allegedly agreed to act as an overground supporter for the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed.
The arrested suspects are believed to be part of a white collar terror module uncovered by Jammu and Kashmir Police, working with police teams from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The investigation also took officers to Al Falah University in Faridabad, where 2,900 kilograms of explosives was recovered a day before the Red Fort blast.
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