NEW DELHI, 25 June 2021, (TON): Four students from Kargil have been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with the low-intensity IED blast near the Israeli Embassy on January 29. Delhi Police PRO Chinmoy Biswal said the Special Cell had picked up the students from Kargil in a joint operation with a central agency and local police, and brought them to Delhi.

The four have been identified as Nazir Hussain (26), Zulfikar Ali Wazir (25), Aiaz Hussain (28), and Muzammil Hussain (25). All are residents of Thung village in Kargil. The last two are brothers, while the other two are their cousins.

A statement issued by the PRO office said “they (students) were held in connection with a conspiracy to plan and execute terror activities in the national capital. We have taken them on transit remand and brought them to Delhi for questioning.”

While the blast case is being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Special Cell had registered a case of criminal conspiracy.

A senior police officer said “the New Delhi range of Special Cell had lodged an FIR of criminal conspiracy and they were conducting their investigation alongside. Police have zeroed in on the four students from Kargi. They are questioning them and trying to ascertain their role.”