The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has submitted a chargesheet, leading to judicial proceedings against 13 individuals, including three residents of Jammu and Kashmir, in connection with the November 10 blast near Delhi's Red Fort.
A special court has begun judicial proceedings in the case related to the November 10 blast near Delhi's Red Fort following the submission of a chargesheet by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), according to ANI. The chargesheet names 13 individuals, including three residents of Jammu and Kashmir: Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad Bhat, and Muzafar Ahmad, also known as Faraz/Zafar.
The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for September 9. The blast near the Red Fort metro station left at least 11 individuals dead and several injured. Umar Un Nabi, a doctor, was believed to have been driving the car that exploded; he died in the blast.
Two days after the explosion, the Union government described it as a ‘terrorist incident’. In May, the agency filed its first chargesheet against 10 persons in the case. It alleged that all of them, including Nabi, were linked to Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, which it had described as an offshoot of Al Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent.
The agency also alleged that the group aimed to overthrow the Indian government and impose Sharia, or Islamic law, in the country. Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind was formed in Kashmir in 2017 when some militants broke away from Hizbul Mujahideen – the largest indigenous militant organisation in Kashmir – and claimed that they were affiliated to terror group Al Qaeda.
The supplementary chargesheet filed on June 27 further alleged that Muzafar Ahmad was among the key conspirators behind the blast. It said that Muzafar Ahmad attended a secret meeting at Eidgah in Srinagar in June 2022, where Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Interim was formed. The agency also alleged that he was involved in manufacturing, testing, and storing triacetone triperoxide-based improvised explosive devices at a clandestine facility allegedly run from Al-Falah University in Haryana’s Faridabad. A non-bailable warrant was issued against him.
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