After the center decided to hand over Investigation into a car explosion near the Red Fortwhich killed at least 9 people and injured several others, was sent to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday ordered officials to submit a report as soon as possible and asked forensic experts to match samples collected from the bodies in the car.
The decision to hand over the investigation to the NIA was taken after two successive high-level security review meetings chaired by Shah at his residence.
“The MHA has issued orders to hand over the investigation into the car blast case to the NIA. The NIA, which has been linked with the local police since Monday, has begun the process of formally taking over the case,” an NIA spokesperson said.
According to an NIA source, the agency on Tuesday afternoon picked up a Hyundai i-20 from the accident spot, along with several other pieces of evidence.
“Raids by security agencies across multiple locations in Delhi, National Capital Region and Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, which led to the recovery of large quantities of explosives, are believed to have prompted the suspect to act hastily under mounting pressure. Prima facie, it appears that the explosion occurred due to panic due to raids carried out by security agencies to nab the suspect,” the source said.
A source said, “The Federal Minister of Interior (the Shah) decided to hand over the investigation to the National Intelligence Agency. He instructed the agency to submit a report as soon as possible.”
The source added, “Shah also instructed the Forensic Sciences Laboratory experts to match the samples collected from the explosion site with those collected from the bodies inside the car.”
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After the two review meetings, Shah wrote on
The first meeting was attended by key security and intelligence officials, including Union Home Minister Govind Mohan, Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Deka, Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Jolsha and NIA Director General Sadanand Vasant Datt.
Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Nalin Prabhat also joined the meeting virtually.
The Director of Forensic Science Services and the Principal Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory in Delhi joined the second meeting.
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