Israeli embassy blast: Delhi Police arrest 4 students from Ladakh

The four students, arrested in connection with Delhi Israeli embassy explosion, are all residents of Thang village in Ladakh's Kargil district. The Delhi Police Special Cell, which was probing the incident, had registered a case of "conspiracy" behind the blast.

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested four students from Ladakh in connection with the blast near the Israel embassy in January this year. The students were arrested from Kargil and brought to Delhi on transit remand. They have been identified as Nazir Hussain (26), Zulfikar Ali Wazir (25), Aiaz Hussain (28) and Muzammil Hussain (25), the police said, adding that all of them are residents of Thang village in Ladakh's Kargil district. A minor IED blast took place outside the Embassy of Israel in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi on January 29, 2021. There were, however, no casualties but some of cars that were parked in the area suffered damage in the explosion that occurred about 150 metres away from the embassy on the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road. In a joint operation with a central intelligence agency and the Kargil police, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police detained four persons from Kargil in connection with the conspiracy to plan and execute terror activities in the national capital, a statement quoting Delhi Police PRO Chinmoy Biswal said. "They have been taken on remand and brought to Delhi for questioning," he said.