Red Fort Blast Case: Court Sends Accused Yasir Ahmed Dar to 11 Days’ Judicial Custody
A Delhi court remanded Red Fort blast accused Yasir Ahmed Dar to 11 days’ judicial custody after the expiry of his NIA remand in the deadly terror conspiracy case
Red Fort blast case accused Yasir Ahmed Dar was sent to judicial custody by a Delhi court as the NIA continued its probe into the deadly November 10 terror attack
A Delhi court on Monday remanded Yasir Ahmed Dar, one of the accused in the Red Fort blast case, to judicial custody for 11 days till January 16.
Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna of Patiala House Court passed the order after Dar was physically produced before the Court following the expiry of his National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody.
The Court had earlier, on December 26, extended Dar’s NIA custody by 10 days.
Dar was arrested by the NIA on December 18 and is the ninth accused to be taken into custody in connection with the November 10 blast outside the Red Fort. The explosion, caused by a car laden with explosives, claimed 15 lives and left several others injured.
According to the NIA, Dar is a resident of Jammu and Kashmir and was a close associate of Umar-un-Nabi, the suicide bomber who allegedly drove the explosive-laden vehicle that detonated near the historic monument. The agency has alleged that Dar played an active role in the larger conspiracy behind the attack.
The NIA told the court that Dar remained in close contact with other key accused persons in the case, including Umar-un-Nabi and Mufti Irfan, and was involved in coordinating activities linked to the execution of the blast. Investigators have claimed that his role was not peripheral but central to the planning and operational aspects of the conspiracy.
In a related news, on November 29, the Court remanded four accused; Muzammil Ganaie, Adeel Rather, Shaheena Saeed and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay, to 10 days’ judicial custody in connection with the Red Fort blast case.
On November 26, the Court had extended by ten days the National Investigation Agency’s custody of Amir Rashid Ali in connection with the Red Fort blast case. Ali was produced before the Court on expiry of his 10 day NIA custody. The Court had also remanded another accused, Soyab, to ten days of NIA custody in the same case. He is accused of providing logistical support to the terrorist Umar before the November 10 car bombing that killed several persons and injured many others outside the Red Fort in the national capital.
Earlier, on November 16, the Delhi Court had remanded Amir Rashid Ali, arrested in connection with the deadly Red Fort blast, to 10 days’ custody of the NIA. Ali, who hails from Samboora in Pampore, was apprehended in Delhi on Sunday, i.e. November 16, for his alleged role in facilitating the vehicle used as the car-borne improvised explosive device.
As per NIA, Ali had travelled to Delhi last year to help procure the explosive-laden vehicle that detonated near the Red Fort on November 10, killing 13 people and injuring several others. Ali of Samboora in Pampore, was taken into custody in Delhi after a sustained search operation launched following the NIA’s takeover of the investigation from Delhi Police. The car used in the blast was registered in his name.
The agency continues to coordinate with Delhi Police, Jammu and Kashmir Police, Haryana Police, Uttar Pradesh Police and other central agencies to trace the broader network behind the attack. Multiple leads are being followed to identify additional suspects and establish the full extent of the conspiracy registered as RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI.
Hearing Date: January 5, 2026
Bench: Principal District and Sessions judge Anju Bajaj Chandna