Delhi Blast: NIA arrests four more prime accused in Srinagar
New Delhi, Nov 20: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it arrested four more prime accused involved in the Delhi blast case, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six.
In a statement, issued here, a spokesperson of the probe agency said the four accused were taken into custody by NIA in Srinagar, on production orders from the District Sessions Judge, Patiala House Court.
The statement said that the NIA has identified the accused as Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag, Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian.
It said that they all had played a key role in the terror attack that killed several innocent persons and left many others injured.
“Moving expeditiously with its probe in the case, 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”, it said.
It further read that their interrogation is continuing as part of NIA’s efforts to unravel the complete terror conspiracy in the case RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI.
“The anti-terror agency, which was handed over the investigation by the Home Ministry, soon after the attack, is working closely with various state police forces to track and arrest every member of the terrorist module involved in the carnage,” the statement added. (KNO)
