NIA arrests Yasin Ahmad Dar from Delhi, ninth accused in Red Fort blast case

The accused, Yasin Ahmad Dar, a resident of Shopian in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, was caught by NIA from New Delhi. He is the ninth person to be arrested for the bombing,

“NIA investigations have revealed Yasir’s active role in the conspiracy behind the car bomb blast that rocked the national capital on November 10. An active participant in the conspiracy, he had sworn allegiance and taken an oath for carrying out self-sacrificial operations,” NIA said in a statement.

The statement said Yasir was in close contact with the other accused persons in the case, including Dr Umar Un Nabi, the perpetrator who died in the blast, and Mufti Irfan Ahmad.