Srinagar, Nov 22 (IANS) The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police, on Saturday, detained another suspect in the continuing investigation into the blast near the Red Fort in Delhi in which 13 people were killed and 10 others injured, officials said.
SIA sources said that the agency has detained an electrician named Tufail Ahmad in Pulwama district.
Sources said the suspect was picked up from the Pulwama industrial estate while he is a resident of Srinagar city.
On November 10, a Kashmiri doctor Dr. Umar Nabi, working at the Al-Falah university in Faridabad, evaded arrest after his terror associates were arrested by the J&K Police and Haryana Police from Faridabad area.
Dr. Umar Nabi exploded an i20 car at the traffic crossing near the Red Fort.
Thirteen innocent civilians were killed in that terror blast and 10 others were injured.
As of now, nine people have been picked up by police, NIA and the Uttar Pradesh Police in this white-collar terror module bust case.
How exactly Tufail Ahmed contributed to the Delhi terror plot and the role he played in the entire conspiracy is still not known as an official statement would follow the interrogation of the arrested person.
His arrest came after the SIA and J&K Police issued an arrest warrant for Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad Rather in Kulgam in connection with the Delhi blast case.
Dr. Muzaffar, a key accused from Qazigund, is believed to have escaped India in August and may now be taking refuge in Afghanistan.
Investigators say he served as a crucial conduit between Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) handlers and the white-collar terror network operating across multiple states.
The J&K Police have already requested an Interpol Red Corner Notice to facilitate his extradition and further the probe.
Officials investigating the Red Fort blast are examining whether a JeM module attempted to use hospitals in Kashmir as secret weapons storage sites.
The police recovered one AK-47 rifle from the locker of another terror associate in the module, Dr. Adil Rather, who was subsequently arrested.
The J&K police arrested two overground workers of terror outfit JeM.
Their arrest led to the unearthing of the white-collar terror module.
After Dr. Adil Rather’s arrest, police arrested Dr. Muzammil from whom 360 Kg explosive material was recovered.
–IANS
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