The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a resident of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian resident Yasir Ahmad Dar, who is a close associate of suicide bomber Umar-un-Nabi, in connection with the November 10 car blast in which 11 persons were killed.

Yasir is the 9th person to be arrested by NIA in the case
“Yasir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Shopian, J&K, was nabbed by NIA from New Delhi, and placed under arrest under relevant provisions of the UA(P) Act 1967 and BNS 2023 in the case RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI,” a NIA spokesperson said.
He said NIA investigations have revealed Yasir’s active role in the conspiracy behind the car bomb blast that rocked Delhi on November 10.
“An active participant in the conspiracy, he had sworn allegiance and taken an oath for carrying out self-sacrificial operations,” the NIA spokesperson said.
He said investigations by the anti-terror agency have further shown that Yasir was in close contact with the other accused persons in the case including Dr Umar Un Nabi (the deceased bomber) as well as Mufti Irfan.
“Working closely with various central and state agencies, NIA continues to move with alacrity to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the terror attack,” the NIA spokesperson said.
Earlier this month, the NIA had conducted extensive searches at the premises of several accused and suspects in J&K and Uttar Pradesh and seized various digital devices and other incriminating materials.
These were preceded by similar searches at the premises of the prime accused, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganie and Dr Shaheen Saeed, in the Al Falah University complex and other places in Faridabad (Haryana).
Meanwhile, a Delhi court today sent Yasir to NIA custody till December 26.
Special Judge Prashant Sharma allowed the plea of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking custodial interrogation of the accused.