Searches conducted in Anantnag, Kulgam
Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, Dec 9: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made the eighth arrest in connection with last month’s car blast near the Red Fort, officials said today.
An NIA spokesperson said a team from Delhi has arrested key accused Dr Bilal Naseer Malla of Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir. He was arrested from the national capital.
The NIA has found Bilal’s involvement in the conspiracy behind the terrorist attack that killed 11 people and injured several others in the Red Fort area on November 10, a statement said.
“As per NIA investigations, Bilal had knowingly harboured the deceased accused Umar Un Nabi by providing him logistical support. He is also accused of destruction of evidence related to the terrorist attack,” it added.
The NIA is continuing with its investigation into the conspiracy behind the deadly blast. The anti-terror agency is working closely with various central and state agencies to unravel all the threads of the conspiracy.
Meanwhile, the NIA today conducted searches at several places in Anantnag and Kulgam districts of Kashmir as part of its probe into blast near the Red Fort in Delhi.
They said the NIA sleuths, assisted by police and CRPF, brought along two of the accused, Dr Adeel Rather and Jasir Bilal Wani, arrested in connection with a “white collar” terror module.
The searches were carried out at the instance of the two accused who had told the investigators about hideouts in the Mattan forest area of Anantnag and in Wanpora in the Qazigund area of Kulgam.
Also, a A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the NIA custody of Amir Rashid Ali, an accused in the Red Fort blast case, by seven days.
On December 2, Amir was sent to a seven-day NIA custody.
A Jammu and Kashmir resident accused of facilitating the Red Fort blast, Amir was arrested on November 16.
On Tuesday, he was produced before Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna.
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