New Delhi- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested another key accused from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with last month’s car bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that left 15 people dead and several others injured, officials said.

They said the arrested individual is the ninth accused held so far in the case.

According to a statement, the accused has been identified as Yasir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. He was arrested from New Delhi and has been booked under relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UA(P) Act), 1967, and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, in case RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI.

The statement said NIA investigations have revealed Yasir’s active role in the conspiracy behind the car bomb blast that rocked the national capital on November 10. “An active participant in the conspiracy, he had sworn allegiance and taken an oath to carry out self-sacrificial operations,” it added.

Further investigations have shown that Yasir was in close contact with other accused, including Umar Un Nabi, the deceased perpetrator of the bombing, and Mufti Irfan, the statement said.

The NIA said it is working closely with various central and state agencies to unravel the entire conspiracy behind the terror attack. Earlier this month, the agency conducted extensive searches at the premises of several accused and suspects in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh, seizing digital devices and other incriminating materials.

These searches were preceded by similar operations at the premises of the prime accused, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganie and Dr Shaheen Saeed, at the Al-Falah University complex and other locations in Faridabad, Haryana, the statement added.