NIA gets 10-day custody of Red Fort blast co-conspirator Jasir Bilal Wani

The development comes a day after he was arrested from Srinagar by the local police and handed over to the NIA.

A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded Jasir Bilal Wani, alleged co-conspirator in the Red Fort bomb blast case who was arrested from Srinagar, to 10-day custody of the National Investigation Agency.

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The accused was produced before Principal Districts and Sessions judge Anju Bajaj Chandna of Patiala House Court amid high security by paramilitary forces.

The development comes a day after he was arrested from Srinagar by the local police and handed over to the NIA.

The agency stated that Wani allegedly provided technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rockets for the bomb blast.

A Delhi court on Monday remanded another accused, Rashid Mir, NIA’s first arrest in the case, to 10-day custody. The agency claimed in its remand request that Mir provided logistical support to the main accused and alleged suicide bomber Dr Umar Un Nabi, who died in the blast, by assisting him in obtaining the i20 car and arms.

They also claimed that Mir provided a safe house to Nabi, which was also used by other co-conspirators for hatching the conspiracy.