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A Delhi tribunal connected Friday (March 27, 2026) granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) an further 45 days to implicit its probe into the Red Fort blast of November 10, 2025, which near 14 radical dormant and respective others injured.
Special Judge Prashant Sharma of the Patiala House Court allowed the hold pursuing a petition by the cardinal agency. The NIA, successful its plea, cited the request for further probe successful airy of the caller arrests of Zamir Ahmed Ahangar and Tufail Ahmad Bhat.
The bureau had earlier secured a 45-day hold connected February 13. With the instrumentality permitting extensions up to 180 days beyond the archetypal 90-day probe period, this is the 2nd specified hold granted successful the case.
According to the NIA, the blast was allegedly orchestrated by a panic module led by a radical of doctors who had been searching for a termination bomber for astir a year. Umar-un-Nabi, identified arsenic the main accused, was allegedly driving the explosive-laden Hyundai i20 that detonated successful the Capital.
In the aftermath of the incident, the NIA arrested astir 11 individuals accused of facilitating the attack, providing logistical support, harbouring suspects, and attempting to destruct grounds linked to the case.
