Delhi blast case update: Accused doctors, preacher sent to 10-day judicial custody, NIA says searches being carried out in…
Four accused in the Delhi Red Fort blast case, including three doctors and a Kashmiri preacher, have been sent to 10-day judicial custody.
Delhi Red Fort Blast: Three doctors and a Kashmir-based preacher, who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Delhi Red Fort blast, were on Saturday sent to 10-day judicial custody by a court in Delhi.
Delhi blast accused sent to judicial custody
The accused, Muzammil Ganaie, Adeel Rather and Shaheena Saeed– all doctors– and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay, a preacher from Kashmir, were sent to 10-day judicial custody by Principal and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna.
In a statement, the NIA said it has arrested seven persons in case linked to the “white collar” terror module, connected to the November 10 Red Fort suicide bombing that killed 15 people and left several others injured.
“The agency continues to pursue various leads in connection with the suicide bombing, and has been conducting searches across states in coordination with the respective police forces in a bid to identify and track others involved in the gruesome attack,” the central agency said.
The arrested suspects include Jasir Bilal Wani, a resident of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, who is charged with providing technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rockets for the terror module. Wani was arrested by the NIA on November 17.
Delhi Red Fort blast
On November 10, a white Hyundai i20, reportedly driven by Dr Umar-un-Nabi, a Kashmir-based doctor, exploded at a traffic signal near Delhi’s Red Fort, leaving 15 people dead and injuring several others.
Hours earlier, authorities had busted busted a inter-state “white-collar” terror module with links to terrorist outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanned across Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. They seized 2,900 kilograms of explosive substances and arrested eight people, including three doctors linked to Al Falah University.
How doctors were radicalized?
According to investigators, the ‘white collar’ terror cell members, including Dr Muzammil Ganaie, Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Muzzafar Rather and Delhi suicide bomber, Dr Umar-un-Nabi, were spotted by Pakistan-based handlers on social media sites like Facebook and discussion spaces on X.
The handlers, believed to be linked to the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit, immediately shifted them to private groups on Telegram, where the process of brainwashing and radicalization began as early as 2019, they said.
Officials said Adeel’s interrogation pointed to Umar being a “hardcore radical” who insisted that a suicide bomber was essential for their operations. Following this, Srinagar police sent a team to Qazigund in south Kashmir and detained Wani.
(With inputs from PTI)
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