Man arrested in India over deadly Delhi car bomb attack
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The Indian government said last week it was treating the car blast as a “terror incident”.
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DELHI – India’s federal anti-terror agency said on Nov 16 that it had arrested a resident of Kashmir who it accused of conspiring with the driver of a car that exploded in Delhi
The National Investigation Agency said it had arrested Amir Rashid Ali in Delhi, adding the car used in the attack was registered in his name. It accused Ali of conspiring with the alleged suicide bomber, who it identified as Umar Un Nabi, a resident of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
It said Ali came to Delhi to facilitate the purchase of the car which was used as a “vehicle-borne improvised explosive device to trigger the blast.”
The agency said it had seized another vehicle belonging to Nabi for examination. So far, it has interrogated 73 witnesses including those injured in the blast.
Last week, the Indian government said it was treating the car blast as a “terror incident”
The blast outside Delhi’s historic Red Fort was the first such explosion in the heavily guarded city since 2011. REUTERS
