NIA shifts a Delhi blast accused to Kashmir, scans forest area in Shopian

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (January 2, 2026) brought an accused in the Red Fort blast case to south Kashmir’s Shopian as part of the ongoing investigation. Meanwhile, a house of a Poonch resident, currently residing in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), was attached by the police in a terror case.  

Multiple teams of the NIA reached Padpawan area of Shopian district along with Yasir Dar, the ninth accused in the case. Officials said a forest area was scanned based on the questioning of the accused.

Dar, a resident of Shopian, was arrested on December 18 2025 in the Delhi bomb blast case. At least 15 civilians were killed when a Kashmiri doctor drove an explosive-laden car near the Red Fort in New Delhi on November 10. 

Meanwhile, the J&K Police attached an immovable property belonging to “a Pakistan-based terror handler”. in Poonch

The police said the attached property comprised six kanal 13.5 marlas of land and assessed value was approximately ₹13.36 lakh.

The attached property belonged to Jamal Lone alias Jamala, a resident of Chamber Kanari, Mandi, Poonch. “Lone is presently operating as a Pakistan-based terror handler. The accused had earlier exfiltrated to Pakistan/PoJK and has since been actively involved in activities inimical to the security and sovereignty of the nation,” the police said.

Owing to his continued evasion of the legal process, the police said, the accused was declared a proclaimed offender by the court. 

“The attachment forms part of a broader and sustained strategy to dismantle the financial and logistical support structures of terror networks and to ensure that individuals involved in terrorism and anti-national activities are deprived of their resources,” the police said.