Delhi Court remands Red Fort blast case accused Jasir Bilal Wani to 10-day NIA custody

A special court at Delhirsquos Patiala House on Tuesday remanded Jasir Bilal Wani also known as Danish to the National Investigation Agencyrsquos NIA custody for 10 days in connection with the November 10 blast in the national capital news agency ANI reportedHe was produced before the court amid heavy security arrangements earlier in the dayFollowing a closeddoor hearing Principal District and Sessions Judge Special NIA Judge Anju Bajaj Chandana granted the NIA Wanirsquos 10day custodial remand ANI reportedAccording to court sources the NIA argued that Wanirsquos custodial interrogation was essential to uncover ldquothe larger conspiracyrdquo behind the November 10 Delhi Red Fort blastThe agency submitted that the blast was intended ldquoto strike terror and panic in the minds of people in the country as well as to threaten public orderrdquo ANI reportedWhile seeking his remand NIA highlighted Wanirsquos role stating that he was ldquoan expert in dronesrdquo and had been contacted to design a precision rocketWani a resident of Kashmir was arrested in Srinagar on Monday by an NIA team present in the ValleyIn a press release NIA said that investigations had revealed that Wani allegedly provided technical support for terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to develop rockets ahead of the deadly car bomb blast which killed 15 people and injured several othersThe accused who hails from Qazigund in Anantnag district was described as an active coconspirator who worked closely with terrorist Umar un Nabi to plan the attack the agency saidWani was produced before the court on a day when several district courts including Patiala House Rohini and Saket received bomb threats All the three premises were evacuated and security forces conducted thorough searchesThe threats were later confirmed to be hoaxesNIA stated that it is continuing to probe multiple angles to unravel the conspiracy behind the bombing Several agency teams are pursuing leads and carrying out searches across different states to identify every individual involved in the terror attackDelhi Red Fort blast Video justifying suicide attack found on bomberrsquos phoneJammu and Kashmir Police have recovered the mobile phone of Red Fort suicide bomber Dr UmarunNabi with data from the device revealing that he had prepared a video portraying the attack as a ldquomartyrdom operationrdquo officers said on TuesdayThe evidence came to light following the detention and interrogation of Zahoor Illahi Umarrsquos brother who had been driving the explosiveladen car that detonated outside the Red Fort on November 10 killing 15 people news agency PTI reportedIllahi was taken into custody by a special team formed by Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar G V Sundeep Chakravarthy as investigations into the broader ldquowhitecollar terror modulerdquo began to unfoldInitially Illahi feigned ignorance but eventually broke down under sustained questioning PTI reported He revealed that Umar who was in the Kashmir Valley between October 26 and 29 had handed him the mobile phone with instructions to ldquodump it in waterrdquo if any news about him emerged officers saidIllahi later led the police to the spot where the phone was discarded Although the device was damaged forensic experts were able to extract crucial data The material strongly indicates Umarrsquos deep radicalisation including exposure to extremist content such as videos on suicide bombings by ISIS and AlQaedaThe recovered data also showed that Umar had recorded multiple videos of himself discussing the suicide attack claiming that such acts were among the most praised in the religion PTI reportedWith ANI and PTI inputs