The National Investigation Agency will now be probing the Israel Embassy Blast case. According to some media reports, the case has been transferred after the orders from the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA).
The NIA will now register the case under appropriate sections and will start their probe soon. Reportedly, the NIA has been called in for the investigation after Iranian link in the case was emerged. As of now, the Delhi Police’s Special Cell will need to handover all relevant evidence and documents to the agency.
“The NIA has been roped in as case has international ramifications. The case file and evidence collected so far by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell including the explosive sample, CCTV footage and the ‘threat letter’ recovered from the blast site will be handed over to the central agency,” Hindustan Times quoted an officer as saying.
The development comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to an official statement by the Prime Minister’s Office, during a telephonic conversation, PM Modi assured his Netanyahu that India accords the highest importance to the safety and security of Israeli diplomats and premises, and would deploy all its resources to find and punish the perpetrators.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today by telephone with Indian Prime Minister and thanked him for his government efforts to safeguard Israeli representatives in the aftermath of the terrorist event near the Israeli Embassy in India, PM of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today by telephone with Indian Prime Minister and thanked him for his government’s efforts to safeguard Israeli representatives in the aftermath of the terrorist event near the Israeli Embassy in India,” PM of Israel said in a tweet.
The blast, which took place on January 29 at 5 pm, was confirmed by the Delhi police as a low-intensity IED blast.
