NIA arrests Kashmir resident linked to Delhi Red Fort blast

The National Investigation Agency has arrested Jasir Bilal Wani in Srinagar, identified as an active co-conspirator of Umar un Nabi, in connection with the car blast near the Red Fort that killed 13 people. Wani is a resident of Qazigund in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir and allegedly provided technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rockets ahead of the deadly attack. Wani, who also goes by the alias Danish, was arrested in Srinagar by an NIA team. The accused was an active co-conspirator behind the attack and had worked closely with the terrorist Umar un Nabi to plan the terror carnage. The agency is exploring various angles to unravel the conspiracy behind the November 10 blast in the national capital. Several teams of the anti-terror agency are pursuing multiple leads, and are conducting searches across states to identify every person involved in the terror attack. A bachelor in political sciences, Wani was intensely brainwashed by Umar for several months to become a suicide bomber. He had agreed to meet the 'Doctor module' in October last year at a mosque in Kulgam, from where he was taken to a rented accommodation at Al Falah University in Haryana's Faridabad. Wani, who was earlier detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, had revealed to his interrogators that while others in the module wanted him to be an over-ground worker (OGW) for the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed, Umar brainwashed him for several months to become a suicide bomber. The plan, however, collapsed in April this year after he backed out, citing his poor economic condition and the belief that suicide was forbidden in Islam. The suicide bomber scouting plot adds a new layer to the evolving investigation.

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