A Delhi court on Monday extended the NIA custody of three doctors and a preacher, who were arrested in connection with the November 10 Red Fort blast case, by four days.
All four accused — Dr Muzammil Ganai, Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Shaheena Saeed and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay — were produced before Principal and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna on the expiry of their 10-day NIA custody granted on November 29. Mediapersons were barred from covering the court proceedings, which were held under tight security in and around the Patiala House district court premises.
The NIA has so far arrested seven people in the case, which investigators have linked to a “white-collar” terror module uncovered earlier by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.According to the agency, it is pursuing multiple leads related to the suicide attack and conducting searches in coordination with police forces across several states to identify additional individuals involved. NIA had also said earlier that it had arrested tow other persons Amir Rashid Ali and Jasir Bilal who had provided technical support to the terrorists involved in deadly attack.
“The agency continues to pursue various leads in connection with the suicide bombing, and has been conducting searches across states in coordination with the respective police forces to identify and track the others involved in the gruesome attack,” the agency said in a statement earlier.
Dr Umar-un-Nabi was driving the explosives-laden i20 car that detonated outside the Red Fort on November 10, killing 15 people and injuring several others.A news agency had earlier reported that the sophisticated terror module spearheaded by a group of doctors had been actively scouting for a suicide bomber since last year, with Umar being the alleged key planner as also the executor of the mission.
The case has drawn significant attention due to the professional backgrounds of several suspects and the nature of the network involved. The NIA is expected to seek further custodial interrogation as it pieces together the funding, planning and recruitment mechanisms behind the attack.
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