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India NIA arrests in Delhi/Red Fort car bomb blast investigation
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India’s National Investigation Agency arrested two additional accused (Zameer Ahmad Ahangar and Tufail Ahmad Bhat) in the November Red Fort-area car bomb blast case, bringing total arrests to 11, alleging they supplied weapons to the deceased prime accused Umar Un Nabi and acted as OGWs for Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.
Why it matters
NIA’s arrest of two more accused formalizes additional alleged roles in the Red Fort-area blast: weapons supply to the prime accused and over-ground worker support for AGH. With the total arrests now at 11, the case posture shifts toward a broader facilitation chain rather than a single-actor focus. This can change evidentiary and coordination requirements across agencies and courts as more accused are produced before the Special NIA court. The prime accused, Umar Un Nabi, is stated to have been killed in the explosion, making alleged supplier and support links more central to attribution and prosecution.
Implications
- • Total accused in custody rises to 11, expanding court and detention proceedings
- • Alleged weapons-supply chain is now explicitly part of the prosecution narrative
- • OGW linkage to AGH broadens the set of individuals facing terror-facilitation charges
- • Case complexity increases as more accused and roles are added to the charge matrix
Who is affected
- • Individuals accused of OGW/facilitation roles linked to Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
- • National Investigation Agency and Special NIA court handling the case
- • Security and law-enforcement agencies coordinating counterterror investigations
- • Entities implicated in the alleged target set referenced in the case reporting
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