NIA gets custody of Delhi High Court blast accused

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) claims to have made a breakthrough in the Delhi High Court blast case by arresting a medical student belonging to Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.

A medical student, identified as Wasim Akram, was arrested from Indo-Bangladesh border on the basis of disclosures made by the two suspects arrested from Kishtwar earlier. Akram was produced before the special NIA court in Delhi and has been sent to the agency’s custody till October 21.

The other accused, Amir Abbas, was sent to police custody for seven days while the third accused Abid Hussain has been sent to a juvenile home.

According to NIA sources, the agency zeroed in on Akram, following the interrogation of Amir Abbas and Abid Hussain, the suspects who were earlier arrested by the NIA.

According to NIA officials Akram and Abbas have strong links with terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) which has claimed responsibility for the September 7 blast. Abbas, a high school student, has been arrested on charges of having sent an e-mail after the blast.