Investigators probing the rush-hour car explosion outside Red Fort in Delhi turned their attention on Tuesday to an extremist module busted in Faridabad who they linked to terror outfit Jaish-e-Moham-mad (JeM) and a doctor hailing from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, as authorities attempted to tighten the dragnet around a group of suspects across four states.
The toll from the explosion in a white Hyundai i20 car in the heart of old Delhi on Monday evening climbed to 13 as the government vowed to hunt down those responsible for the blast that ripped through a clutch of vehicles and was heard even 2km away.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe in the case and registered a first information report (FIR). Police filed a case against unknown persons under the stringent anti-terror law but no outfit or person was officially named as a suspect.
Investigators said they have success-fully linked JeM posters appearing in Nowgam in Kashmir on 18 October, the arrests of three doctors-Adeel Rather From Saharanpur, Muzammil Ahmad Ganaia from Faridabad.
Satinder Duggal
