Security has been stepped up across Old Delhi after intelligence inputs warned of a possible improvised explosive device plot targeting religious sites.
Several digital devices and other incriminating materials were seized during the raids conducted at the premises of various accused and suspects in the two states.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is currently carrying out search operations in South Kashmir in connection with the November 10 Delhi Blast case.
According to officials, the arrest was made after investigators found the Imam’s alleged links with the main accused, Umar-un-Nabi.
The probe into the Delhi blast case has revealed fissures in the terror group behind the incident, sources in the NIA claimed, adding that Dr Umar Nabi -- the suicide bomber who exploded an i20 car outside the Red Fort -- followed the ISIS “Daesh” module, while the rest of his associates followed the Al-Qaeda module.
The Delhi Red Fort blast investigation has taken an unsettling turn. Officials say a terror module was planning to hide weapons inside hospitals, spaces meant to heal, not harm. The NIA is now digging deeper into how far this tactic had spread.
In written communications, the L-G has instructed the police to maintain a digital record of all entities purchasing or selling ammonium nitrate beyond a specified threshold, including photographs of buyers and sellers.
The student, Ahmad Raza, a resident of Pathanpura, Deoband, is currently in his third year of MBBS, is studying at Al-Falah University in Faridabad. He had returned to Deoband only five days ago.
Calling the Nowgam blast one of the most tragic incidents in recent times, Mehbooba said the government owes an explanation to the families of the victims and to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Investigating agencies have tightened their grip on Al-Falah University following the Delhi blast, placing the wife and daughter of arrested professor Dr. Nisar-ul-Hassan under house arrest inside the university campus.
