Accused sent to 10-day NIA custody

STATE TIMES NEWS

NEW DELHI: The National Investigating Agency on Monday told a Delhi court that Amir Rashid Ali, a key accused in the Red Fort area car bomb blast case, allegedly arranged a safe house and provided logistical support to Dr Umar Nabi, the “suicide bomber” who was driving the explosive-laden car that detonated outside the Red Fort on November 10, killing 13 people.

Ali, a resident of Pampore in South Kashmir, was brought to the court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna at the Patiala House courts complex amid tight security. Mediapersons were barred from entering the court premises, which virtually turned the proceedings ‘in-camera’. According to NIA’s remand paper, Ali’s custodial interrogation was required to unc

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