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India’s federal counter-terrorism agency announced Sunday that it has apprehended a resident of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in connection with the recent Delhi car explosion, which resulted in 12 fatalities and injured at least 20 others.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) identified the suspect as Amir Rashid Ali, stating that he was detained in Delhi and that the vehicle involved was registered under his name.
Ali is accused of orchestrating the conspiracy with Umar Un Nabi, an alleged suicide bomber from Pulwama district in IIOJK.
Authorities revealed Ali traveled to Delhi to help purchase the vehicle, which was used as a “vehicle-borne improvised explosive device” to carry out the attack.
Additionally, officials seized another vehicle linked to Nabi for further investigation. They have already interrogated 73 witnesses, including individuals wounded in the blast.
Last week, the Indian government labeled the incident as a “terror attack” and committed to quickly bring those responsible to justice.
The blast took place outside Delhi’s historic Red Fort—marking the first such incident in the city since 2011—and was the most serious security breach since the April 22 attack at Pahalgam, IIOJK, which left 26 civilians dead.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Delhi explosion a “conspiracy” and assured that justice would be served.
India’s Home Minister, Amit Shah, directed authorities to pursue every suspect involved.
This explosion occurred four days after another explosion in Srinagar, IIOJK, which killed at least nine and injured over two dozen people. Indian officials indicated that the Srinagar blast was caused by a cache of confiscated explosives detonating inside a police station, mostly affecting police personnel and forensic teams inspecting the materials.
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