Delhi blast case: NIA names three more accused in supplementary chargesheet

The National Investigation Agency has named three more persons in a supplementary chargesheet in connection with the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, ANI reported on Saturday.

This takes the total number of persons named in the chargesheet to 13.

The supplementary chargesheet names three residents of Jammu and Kashmir: Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad Bhat and Muzafar Ahmad, also known as Faraz/Zafar, the news agency reported.

The NIA alleged that Muzafar Ahmad was among the key conspirators behind the blast.

The blast near the Red Fort metro station left at least 11 persons dead and several injured. Umar Un Nabi, a doctor, was believed to have been driving the car that exploded. Two days after the explosion, the Union government described it as a “terrorist incident”.

The National Investigation Agency, which is probing the case, said that Muzafar Ahmad attended a secret meeting at Eidgah in Srinagar in June 2022, where Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Interim was formed.

The agency alleged that he was involved in manufacturing, testing and storing triacetone triperoxide-based improvised explosive devices at a clandestine facility allegedly run from Al-Falah University in Haryana’s Faridabad, The Hindu reported. A non-bailable warrant has been issued against him.

Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind was formed in Kashmir in 2017 when some militants broke away from Hizbul Mujahideen – the largest indigenous militant organisation in Kashmir –...

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