Four more arrested in India over deadly Delhi blast

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India's anti-terrorism agency said on Thursday it had arrested four more people, including three doctors, in connection with last week's deadly car blast in Delhi.

The car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 32 outside the historic Red Fort on November 10.

The four "prime accused" have been identified as Dr. Muzammil Shakeel Ganai, Dr. Adeel Ahmed Rather, and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay who come from Indian Kashmir, and Dr. Shaheen Saeed from the northern city of Lucknow, the National Investigation Agency said.

"They had all played a key role in the terror attack," the agency said in a statement on X, without going into more detail on their alleged involvement.

Ganai, Rather and Wagay were previously in the custody of Jammu and Kashmir police, who arrested them last week saying they were part of a terrorist unit linked to Pakistan-based militant groups Jaish-e-Mohammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.

Their families denied that accusation at the time and said they were innocent.

The NIA said that it had arrested two other people over Sunday and Monday. It named them as Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name it said the car was registered, and Jasir Bilal Wani, who it said provided technical help to suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi, also a doctor.

The agency said that these three men also came from Jammu and Kashmir.

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