Three physicians and a preacher who were detained in relation to the November 10 Red Fort bombing case had their NIA detention extended by four days by a Delhi court on Monday. Dr. Muzammil Ganai, Dr. Adeel Rather, Dr. Shaheena Saeed, and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay were all brought before Principal and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna on November 29, the day their 10-day NIA detention expired.
The court sessions, which took place in and around the Patiala House district court grounds under intense security, were not open to media coverage. The investigation, which is connected to a “white-collar” terror outfit that the Jammu and Kashmir Police disrupted, has seen seven arrests by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) thus far.
“The agency continues to pursue various leads in connection with the suicide bombing, and has been conducting searches across states in coordination with the respective police forces to identify and track the others involved in the gruesome attack,” the FBI stated in an earlier statement.
On November 10, Dr. Umar-un-Nabi was operating the explosives-laden I-20 vehicle that exploded outside the Red Fort, killing fifteen persons and injuring a number of others. Umar was allegedly the primary designer of the sophisticated terror module led by a gang of doctors that had been actively searching for a suicide bomber since last year, according to earlier reports from PTI.
