The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another suspect in the Delhi blast case, while Amir Rashid Ali, arrested on Sunday, was remanded to the agency’s custody for 10 days.
The NIA arrested Jasir Bilal Wani, son of a dry fruit seller, in Srinagar in connection with the blast which claimed 13 lives in the national Capital.
A resident of Anantnag, Wani allegedly provided technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rockets ahead of the deadly blast, the NIA said in a statement.
“The accused, a resident of Qazigund in Anantnag
district of Jammu and Kashmir, was an active co-conspirator behind the attack and had worked closely with the terrorist, Umar un Nabi, to plan the terror carnage,” the NIA statement read. This is the second major arrest by the NIA in the case. On Sunday, the agency had arrested Ali. The car involved in the attack was registered in his name the agency has claimed.
Jasir lived in the neighbourhood of Dr Muzaafar Rather, brother of Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather. Dr Adeel was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police from Saharanpur on November 6, after which the terror module was unearthed during a joint operation by the Delhi, the Haryana, the Uttar Pradesh police teams led by the Jammu and Kashmir police.
