SIA Cracks Down on Delhi Blast Terror Network in Fresh Raids
Searches target weapons supply chain linked to suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi and Jaish module
- SIA conducts raids in Srinagar and Ganderbal to dismantle terror weapons network.
- Searches focus on associates who supplied arms to key accused Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather.
- Multiple suspects, including Umar Un Nabi and Al-Falah University associates, already in NIA custody.
- Delhi blast on November 10 killed 15 and injured over two dozen.
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 5th Dec: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) in Jammu and Kashmir has launched a fresh crackdown on the terror network behind the Delhi blast, intensifying its focus on the weapons supply chain and its links to suicide bomber Dr Umar Un Nabi.
Raids were conducted in Ganderbal district and Srinagar’s Batamaloo area as investigators worked to dismantle the module believed to have procured arms for the operatives involved in the attack.
SIA teams searched the residence of Tufail Niyaz Bhat, an air-conditioning technician from Batamaloo’s Diyarwani area, and the home of Zameer Ahangar in Wakoora, Ganderbal. Tufail had previously been arrested for supplying a rifle connected to Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather — a key accused and a member of Jaish’s white-collar module. The weapon had been recovered from Rather’s locker at Government Medical College Hospital, Anantnag.
Adeel, suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi, and their colleagues at Al Falah University in Faridabad — Dr Muzammil Shakeel and Dr Shaheen Saeed — are currently in NIA custody. They are accused of planning and executing the November 10 blast near Red Fort and Chandni Chowk, which killed 15 people and injured over two dozen.
The SIA is also examining earlier recoveries, including a pistol seized from Zameer Ahangar, allegedly handed to him by Maulvi Irfan Ahmad Wagey, who is accused of radicalising the group.
Investigators say Umar conducted chemical tests in his hostel room at Al Falah University before assembling the final improvised explosive device (IED) used in the attack. The blast, triggered inside a Hyundai i20 driven by Umar, has led to one of the most extensive terror investigations in recent years.
The latest raids mark the SIA’s continuing effort to map the full network of suppliers, facilitators and radicalisers behind the deadly explosion, as coordination between state agencies and the NIA intensifies.
