NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the NIA custody of Jasir Bilal Wani, a key accused in the Red Fort blast case, by seven days.
Wani was produced in court as his current 7-day custody, granted by the Principal Sessions and District Judge, Anju Bajaj Chandna, on November 27, was set to end on Wednesday.
A resident of Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, Wani was arrested in Srinagar by the NIA on November 17 for allegedly providing technical support for carrying out attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rockets ahead of the deadly November 10 car blast that killed 13 people near Red Fort in Delhi.
So far, the NIA has arrested seven people in the case, which is linked to a “white-collar” terror module busted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
According to NIA sources, investigators are examining digital devices seized from Wani, including encrypted communication apps allegedly used to coordinate logistics. Forensic teams are analysing drone fragments and electronic components recovered from multiple locations in Delhi and Kashmir to trace supply chains and assess cross-border linkages. A series of raids across Anantnag, Pulwama and Shopian last week led to the recovery of circuit boards, batteries and documents believed to be part of the module’s technical support network. Officials said financial records are also under scrutiny to determine funding routes, suspected to involve layered transactions routed through shell entities.
