Delhi Red Fort blast case: NIA arrests Faridabad man for harbouring suicide bomber Umar Nabi

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested the seventh accused in the Delhi blast case.

The arrested individual was identified Soyab of Dhauj, a Faridabad resident. According to the NIA, investigations reveal that Dhauj provided logistical support to suicide bomber Dr Umar Nabi before the November 10 car bombing that killed 13 people and injured many others outside the Red Fort in the national capital.

The NIA has now made seven arrests in the case. On November 20, the agency had arrested four "key accused". The four were identified 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.

They were taken into custody in Srinagar on production orders issued by the District Sessions Judge, Patiala House Court, Delhi.

According to the NIA, all of them played significant roles in planning, financing and facilitating the attack that killed several people and left many others injured.

The investigation into the blast had brought multiple medical professionals under scrutiny.

Earlier, the recovery of an AK-47 rifle from an unclaimed locker allotted to Dr Adeel at GMC Anantnag triggered checks across hospitals in J&K and deepened concerns about the depth of the module.

NIA has said that the arrested persons were involved in coordinating logistics, encrypted communication and ideological motivation for the suicide bomber, who had recorded videos rehearsing justifications for the attack.

The first two arrests were that of Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the vehicle used in the blast was registered, and Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, who allegedly provided technical support to the bomber.

The anti-terror agency, which took over the case soon after the attack on the directions of the Union Home Ministry, said that interrogation of all accused is underway.