Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma granted the NIA 10 more days to question Yasir Ahmed Dar and eight days for Dr Bilal Naseer Malla.
- Dar is described by the NIA as the ninth arrest and an alleged close associate of planner-driver Umar-un-Nabi, whose death in the blast was forensically confirmed.
- Investigators took accused Jasir Bilal Wani, alias Danish, to Al Falah University in Faridabad, where he indicated locations used to refine explosives, with the process videographed.
- The probe has produced nine arrests, including doctors Muzammil Ganaie, Adeel Rather and Shaheen Sayeed, while other accused remain on remand to January 8.
- Agency filings outline roles that include facilitation of the Hyundai i20 purchase by Amir Rashid Ali and technical work on modified drones and attempted rockets attributed to Wani.