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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a man from Faridabad, for allegedly harbouring terrorist Umar un Nabi, who was involved in the blast outside the Lal Quila Metro Station in Delhi, on November 10. He has been identified as Soyab, a resident of Dhauj in Haryana's Faridabad. He is the seventh accused to be arrested in the case.
The NIA said that Soyab provided logistical support to terrorist Umar before the November 10 bomb blast in the national capital. He was a ward boy at Al Falah University where Umar was working as a doctor. The car bomb killed 13 people and left several others injured.
According to sources, Soyab had arranged for Umar to stay in Hidayat Colony in Mewat, Haryana. The NIA and Delhi Police Special Cell have already conducted an investigation here. The man reportedly knew both Dr Umar and Dr Muzammil Shakeel very well. Shakeel is also an accused in the Faridabad terror module case.
Soyab brought patients from Mewat to both the doctors. He helped Umar stay at his sister-in-law's place in Nuh and also gave shelter to the terrorist at other places, said investigators.
Earlier the NIA had arrested 6 people, who were in some way or the other connected to the blast. Those arrested were key aides of Umar and 4 of them are also doctors like him. One of them in fact is a woman, identified as Shaheen, a resident of Lucknow, who was working at the Al Falah University. This hospital in fact became the centre for planning of the suicide bomb attack in Delhi.
The NIA continues to investigate the case, which unraveled after the discovery of a weapon in a locker belonging to one of the doctors, at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir. Soon after the agency recovered 2,900 kg of explosives, but before they could understand what the terrorists were planning, the blast at Red Fort Metro station took place.
The investigators are still pursuing various leads in connection with the suicide bombing in Delhi. They are in touch with the police departments of several states and are trying to identify and track others involved in the blast.
