A week after the Delhi bomb blast, several disturbing details have emerged about the module’s plans to carry out attacks in different parts of India using multiple methods. These revelations followed the arrest of the main accused by the NIA. On Sunday, the agency also arrested the man in whose name the i20 car used in the blast was registered. He has been identified as Aamir Rashid Ali, a resident of Pampore in Kashmir, and was picked up in Delhi.
His arrest has become a key breakthrough for the National Investigation Agency, helping investigators uncover several leads. One of the major findings in the probe into the car bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort is that the module had planned to launch attacks across India using drones and rockets, similar to the tactics used by Hamas.
What the main accused revealed
According to the Times of India, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a major revelation in the investigation into the horrific car bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort. The agency revealed that the terrorist module was plotting to carry out drone attacks along Hamas-style lines. The module planned to weaponise commercial drones and detonate bombs in crowded places, using small but powerful bombs, cameras, and large batteries.
This plot was inspired by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, in which drones were used extensively. The agency has revealed that this Jaish-e-Mohammed module was also engaged in the process of developing small rockets.
Who were they?
The report states that the arrested youth has been identified as Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, a resident of Qazigund in Anantnag district. Wani has been detained and is being interrogated. The NIA stated that Danish was a close associate of suicide bomber Umar and was arrested in Srinagar.
On Sunday, NIA had arrested Kashmiri resident Amir Rashid Ali in whose name the i20 car involved in the attack was registered. A resident of Pampore, Ali was arrested in Delhi. Meanwhile, investigators are trying to ascertain if Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Umar Un Nabi operated as a ‘shoe bomber’.
The NIA says Danish helped the terrorists by giving them technical support. He changed the drones, fixed cameras and batteries on them, and attached small but powerful bombs. The plan was to set off several blasts in crowded places. The agency said this idea of using drones for attacks is similar to what groups like Hamas and ISIS have done in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Israel, and Afghanistan. Security agencies also pointed out that a similar drone attack happened at the Jammu Air Force Station in 2021, when terrorists from Pakistan dropped two IEDs.
