Assam [India], November 12 (HBTV): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Assam Police have arrested five individuals in connection with the Delhi blast case for spreading offensive and provocative content online.
Taking to X, the Chief Minister named the five individuals as Mattiur Rehman from Darrang, Hassan Ali Mondal from Goalpara, Abdul Latif from Chirang, Wajhul Kamal from Kamrup, and Nur Amin Ahmed from Bongaigaon.
‘The abovementioned have been arrested in the Delhi blast case as the key accused for spreading aggressive content on the internet. Assam Police will continue to act swiftly and firmly against anyone misusing social media to spread hatred or glorify terror,’ Sarma wrote on X.
Security has also been tightened at the Guwahati Railway Station following the Delhi blasts, with Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) conducting extensive checks on platforms.
The explosion in a Hyundai i20 car near the Lal Quila metro station in New Delhi on Monday claimed the lives of at least eight people.
Earlier today, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) collected DNA samples from the mother of the suspect, Dr Umar Un Nabi, who was allegedly driving the i20 car in which the blast occurred near the Red Fort on November 10, killing eight people and injuring several others, said sources.
Her samples have been sent to the AIIMS forensic laboratory for further examination, the sources added.
According to Delhi Police sources, Umar was also seen with the i20 on the Mumbai Expressway and the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway before heading towards Delhi. Investigating agencies are now tracing the vehicle’s movement.
The sources further mentioned that after checking the vehicle’s timeline, footage of the car has emerged from multiple locations. Agencies are trying to determine whether another vehicle accompanied it.
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has constituted a ‘dedicated and comprehensive’ team to investigate the Delhi car blast incident — a terrorist attack linked to a Jaish-e-Mohammad module uncovered by Indian agencies, according to top sources.
The team will operate under the supervision of senior officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police and above, ensuring a coordinated and in-depth probe into the case.
The move follows the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) formally handing over the investigation to the NIA, citing a terror angle behind the explosion.
(ANI)