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Red Fort Explosion: Alleged Car Bomb Attacker Named by Indian Investigators
Jasir Bilal Wani was arrested for providing technical support in the Red Fort car bomb attack that killed 14 and injured 30, with a court granting 10-day custody.
- On Monday, the National Investigation Agency arrested Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, and produced him before a Delhi court, which sent him to 10-day NIA custody.
- November 10 car-borne blast near the Red Fort metro station caused between 13 and 15 deaths and about 30 injuries, with the NIA identifying Umar Un Nabi, deceased, as the driver.
- Wani is accused of providing technical support, modifying drones and attempting to manufacture rockets, and the NIA says he worked closely with Umar Un Nabi before his detention by Jammu and Kashmir Police three days ago.
- Investigators seized another vehicle belonging to Umar Un Nabi and are examining it for evidence, while raid teams in Faridabad, Haryana had earlier seized about 2,900 kg of explosives and the NIA has examined 73 witnesses.
- As the probe widens across states, State police teams launched drives to vet car dealers and fertiliser/chemical sellers, and investigators arrested Amir Rashid Ali—accused in whose name the Hyundai i20 was registered.
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Delhi blast: Court remands Jasir Bilal Wani to 10-day NIA custody, agency says larger conspiracy to be unearthed
As per court sources, the NIA submitted before court that they need his custody to unearth the larger conspiracy behind the November 10 bast near the Red Fort in the city.
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday produced before a Delhi court, Jasir Bilal, an “active co-conspirator” of suicide bomber Umar un Nabi, in connection with the Red Fort car blast that claimed 13 lives, officials said on Monday. A resident of Qazigund in Anantnag, Wani was arrested in Srinagar on Monday for allegedly providing technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rocket…
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