Red Forte Car Blast: NIA files supplementary charge sheet against 3 more accused
STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
NEW DELHI, JUNE 28 (STC): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against three more accused in the November 2025 Red Fort area car bomb blast case that left 11 persons dead and several others injured. The total number of charge-sheeted accused in the case is now 13.
The agency named Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad Bhat and Muzafar Ahmad @ Faraz @ Zafar — all residents of Jammu and Kashmir — in the charge sheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Patiala House Courts, here. While Zameer and Tufail are in custody, Muzafar remains absconding, with a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) already issued against him.
Reports quoting official sources said Muzafar, a qualified paediatrician (MBBS, MD), is the elder brother of co-accused Dr. Adeel Ahmed Rather and a founding member of “AGuH Interim”, an offshoot of the Al-Qaeda terror network. NIA investigations have revealed that Muzafar was one of the prime architects of the conspiracy that led to the deadly Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) blast on November 10, 2025, alongside co-accused Umer Un Nabi (since deceased), Muzammil, Adeel and Mufti Irfan.
The probe further uncovered that Muzafar had attended a secret meeting at Eidgah in Srinagar in June 2022, where the terror module AGuH Interim was established. He was allegedly deeply involved in the manufacture, testing and safekeeping of TATP-based IEDs at a clandestine facility run by Umer and Muzammil at Al-Falah University, Faridabad, the NIA said.
According to the charge sheet, Zameer Ahmad, an overground worker (OGW) of AGuH Interim, was actively in touch with handlers and acted as a courier for arms, ammunition and cash for the terror module. Tufail Ahmad, a former OGW of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), served as the module’s arms supplier. He procured one AK-47, one Krinkov rifle, one pistol, magazines and live ammunition through dead drops orchestrated by a handler and delivered them to the deceased main accused Dr. Umer Un Nabi for Rs 3 lakh, the agency said.
The arrested accused — Zameer and Tufail — have been charged under Sections 13, 18, 20, 23, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) (UA(P)) Act, and Sections 61(2), 147, 148 and 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Absconding accused Muzafar has been additionally charged under Section 61(2) read with Sections 103(1), 109(1), 118(1) and 118(2) of the BNS, Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act.
The NIA said it has established linkages between the accused through multi-disciplinary scientific investigation, including detailed forensic testing, geo-location mapping of conspiracy sites and granular financial-trail analysis. Efforts are continuing to track and arrest the absconding accused Muzafar, the agency added.
(Straight Talk Communications I Agencies)
