New Delhi:
55 days after the Delhi High Court blast that killed 18 people, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has finally pieced together the conspiracy behind and the execution of the blast.
It was Wasim Akram Malik, a medical student in Bangladesh, who finally led investigators to identify two of the bombers, sources have told NDTV. Malik, investigators believe, is the main organiser who assembled the motley group responsible for the blast.
According to the investigators, a group of well-educated youngsters from Jammu and Kashmir, led by Malik, wanted to scare lawyers and judges, since they felt that Afzal Guru - sentenced to death in the 2001 Parliament attack - was given a raw deal by the judiciary. So Malik and his younger brother, got together with a couple of low-level militant operatives, procured the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from Hizbul Mujahideen, and decided to carry out the attacks.
Sources have also told NDTV that no major terror groups - Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Indian Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen - have been linked to the blast. Malik and his associates appear to have been acting independently.
The police custody of Malik, who was arrested from his home in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir about a month ago, ended today. He has been sent to judicial custody till November 8 as the NIA informed the court they don't want the police custody.
It was Wasim Akram Malik, a medical student in Bangladesh, who finally led investigators to identify two of the bombers, sources have told NDTV. Malik, investigators believe, is the main organiser who assembled the motley group responsible for the blast.
According to the investigators, a group of well-educated youngsters from Jammu and Kashmir, led by Malik, wanted to scare lawyers and judges, since they felt that Afzal Guru - sentenced to death in the 2001 Parliament attack - was given a raw deal by the judiciary. So Malik and his younger brother, got together with a couple of low-level militant operatives, procured the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from Hizbul Mujahideen, and decided to carry out the attacks.
Sources have also told NDTV that no major terror groups - Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Indian Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen - have been linked to the blast. Malik and his associates appear to have been acting independently.
The police custody of Malik, who was arrested from his home in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir about a month ago, ended today. He has been sent to judicial custody till November 8 as the NIA informed the court they don't want the police custody.
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