Delhi Court grants bail to 4 people in Israeli embassy blast case

The Patiala House Court on Thursday granted bail to four persons, who were arrested from Kargil, Ladakh, in connection with a low-intensity IED blast near the Israel Embassy in the national capital on January 29, court sources said.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma granted bail to Nazir Hussain (aged 2), Zulfikar Ali Wazir (25), Aiaz Hussain (28) and Muzammil Hussain (25).

Special Cell of Delhi Police has opposed the bail plea citing investigation at a crucial stage. The accused had sought bail on the ground that they were not required for further probe in the matter, the sources said.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested four students from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a blast that took place on January 29 this year outside the Israel Embassy in New Delhi.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is undertaking the main investigation in the explosion that took place in the near Israeli Embassy on January 29.

During the explosion earlier this year, windscreens of several cars parked in the vicinity of the Embassy on Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road in New Delhi were found damaged.

At the time, sources had confirmed that ammonium nitrate was used for the explosion and added this blast may be a trial of some "bigger conspiracy".

Almost five months after the blast, the NIA had released CCTV footage of two suspects near the embassy before the blast. The agency had launched a manhunt for the two persons and has placed a reward of Rs 10,00,000 for any information in connection with the explosion.

The footage revealed that a cab had dropped two persons near the embassy and the Delhi Police Special Cell has contacted the concerned cab driver and enquired about the two persons.

Police had also found a camera hidden behind a tree near the blast site. In the footage retrieved from the camera, the timestamp was of the year 1970 but the content is not clear and police are investigating it to ascertain information.

Israeli ambassador to India, Ron Malka had suspected that a blast outside the Israeli Embassy here could be a terror attack and asserted that there is full cooperation between New Delhi and Tel Aviv to investigate the explosion.

( With inputs from ANI )

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