On 18th December, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that it has arrested another accused Jihadi in connection with the Delhi bomb blast case. The accused terrorist is identified as Yasir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Shopian, Srinagar. This is the 9th arrest in this case.
Yasir Ahmad Dar has been booked under the relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). He was produced before the Patiala House Court on Thursday. The court remanded Dar into the NIA custody till 26th December. Dar’s arrest came a week after Dr Bilal Naseer Malla of Baramulla was arrested by the NIA in connection with the case.
“The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key accused in connection with the bomb blast that killed 11 persons and injured several others in the area around Delhi’s historic Red Fort last month. The 9th person to be arrested in the case, Yasir Ahmad Dar, is a resident of Shopian, Srinagar (J&K). He was nabbed by NIA from New Delhi, and placed under arrest under relevant provisions of the UA(P) Act 1967 and BNS 2023 in the case RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI,” a statement issued by the NIA reads.
The probe agency elaborated on the role of Yasir Ahmad Dar in the bomb blast in Delhi on 10th November 2025, stating that he was in contact with the deceased perpetrator, Dr Umar Un Nabi, and another accused, Mufti Irfan.
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“NIA investigations have revealed Yasir’s active role in the conspiracy behind the car bomb blast that rocked the national capital on 10th November. An active participant in the conspiracy, he had sworn allegiance and taken an oath to carry out self-sacrificial operations. Investigations by the anti-terror agency have further shown that Yasir was in close contact with the other accused persons in the case, including Umar Un Nabi (the deceased perpetrator of the bombing) as well as Mufti Irfan,” the NIA said.
Highlighting how it is continuously working in collaboration with various state and central agencies to expose the complete truth of the Delhi blast conspiracy, the NIA said, “Working closely with various central and state agencies, NIA continues to move with alacrity to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the terror attack. Earlier this month, it conducted extensive searches at the premises of several accused and suspects in J&K and Uttar Pradesh and seized various digital devices and other incriminating materials.”
“These were preceded by similar searches at the premises of the prime accused, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganie and Dr Shaheen Saeed, in the Al Falah University complex and other places in Faridabad (Haryana),” it added.
It must be recalled that at least 13 people were killed and several others were injured in the car blast near the Red Fort in Delhi on 10th November 2025. Dr Umar Nabi, driving the car with explosives, carried out the attack. The four other main accused, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama. Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir), as well as several others with suspected roles in the attack, have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency.
