New Delhi, Dec 24 (PTI) A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of seven accused in the Red Fort blast case by 15 days, remanding them to custody till January 8.
The accused — Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Muzammil Ganaie, Dr Shaheen Saeed, Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay, Jasir Bilal Wani, Amir Rashid Ali and Soyab — were produced before Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma at the Patiala House Court amid tight security after the expiry of their earlier remand period. Mediapersons were barred from covering the proceedings.
Earlier, three doctors and Wagay were sent to 12 days of judicial custody on December 12, while Ali and Wani were remanded for 14 days on December 10. Soyab was sent to judicial custody for five days on December 19.
PTI had earlier reported that the sophisticated terror module behind the blast was allegedly led by a group of doctors and had been searching for a suicide bomber since last year, with Umar-un-Nabi identified as the key planner. Umar-un-Nabi was driving the explosive-laden Hyundai i20 that detonated outside the Red Fort on November 10.
Ali was arrested on November 16 for allegedly facilitating the purchase of the car used as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. Wani was arrested a day later for allegedly providing technical support, including modifying drones and attempting to make rockets ahead of the blast. Officials said Wani admitted to having met the “doctor module” in October last year at a mosque in Kulgam, Kashmir.
Soyab was arrested on November 26 for allegedly providing logistical support to Umar-un-Nabi. On December 9, the NIA arrested Dr Naseer Bilal Malla in Delhi, terming him a key conspirator who allegedly harboured Umar-un-Nabi, provided logistical assistance and destroyed evidence linked to the attack.
The probe agency also arrested the ninth accused, Yasir Ahmad Dar, on December 18. Dar, a Jammu and Kashmir resident and close associate of Umar-un-Nabi, allegedly played an active role in the conspiracy and had taken an oath to carry out self-sacrificial operations, the NIA said.
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