Red Fort blast case: Umar-un-Nabi’s close aide arrested by NIA, 9 held so far

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it has arrested a close associate of Umar-un-Nabi, who drove the car that exploded near Red Fort in Delhi on November 10. This takes the total number of arrests in the white-collar terror module case to nine, according to officials.

“The accused, Yasir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir, was nabbed from Delhi and placed under arrest under relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),” the agency said in a statement.
According to the agency, investigations have revealed Dar’s active role in the conspiracy behind the car bomb blast. “An active participant in the plot, which claimed 15 lives and left several others injured, Dar had allegedly taken an oath to carry out self-sacrificial operations,” an NIA spokesperson said.

“Investigators have further found that Dar was in close contact with other accused in the case, including Umar-Un-Nabi, the deceased perpetrator of the bombing, and Mufti Irfan, a key conspirator,” the spokesperson said.

The statement added, “Earlier this month, the NIA conducted extensive searches at the premises of several accused and suspects in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh, seizing digital devices and other incriminating materials. Similar searches had earlier been carried out at the Al Falah University premises of prime accused Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed and other locations in Faridabad, Haryana.”