Authorities on Sunday said an arrested has been made in Nov. 10’s terrorist attack near the Red Fort in New Delhi, India, that killed 10 people. Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA
Nov. 17 (UPI) — Indian authorities have arrested a man whose vehicle was used in last week’s Red Fort car bombing attack that killed 10 people and injured 32 others.
In a statement Sunday, India’s National Investigation Agency said Amir Rashid Ali was arrested in Delhi by NIA agents in a massive search operation.
Authorities identified the accused as a resident of Pampore in Muslim-majority Kashmir, a disputed region under Hindu-majority India control.
The NIA accused Ali of conspiring with the alleged suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi in the attack, which occurred Nov. 10 near the tourist-heavy and crowded Red Fort in New Delhi.
Authorities and officials were initially reluctant to label the attack but have since said it was terror-related. Two days after the attack, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed a resolution stating it was “a heinous terrorist incident, perpetrated by anti-national forces.”
Authorities said the attack, which occurred at about 7 p.m. local time, was carried out with a Hyundai i20.
Nabi, a resident of Pulwama, in Kashmir, has been forensically identified as the deceased driver of the car, NIA said Sunday. He was identified as an assistant professor in general medicine at Al Falah University.
A vehicle belonging to Nabi has also been seized and is being examined for evidence.
Seventy-three people have so far been questioned, including those injured in the blast, the NIA said. The investigation is being conducted across multiple states.