Delhi blast: NIA takes four prime accused in custody

New Delhi: NIA on Thursday said it has arrested four more prime accused involved in the Delhi blast, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six.

The accused were taken into custody in Srinagar on production orders from the district sessions judge of Patiala House Court. In its statement, NIA said, "It has identified the accused as Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag, Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian, all residents of Jammu and Kashmir, and Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow in UP. They had all played a key role in the terror attack that killed several innocent persons and left many others injured."

All four were in the custody of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Haryana Police after the Faridabad module was busted by the two state police on November 9. One of the associates, Dr Umar un Nabi, later triggered a vehicle-borne improvised device in which 13 persons including Nabi were killed and 32 others injured.


NIA had earlier arrested two other accused - Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the car used in the blast was registered, and Jasir Bilal Wani, alias Danish, who had provided technical aid to the terrorist involved in the deadly attack.