NIA to probe explosion near Israel Embassy in Delhi
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Home Ministry says the choice is due to the ‘gravity of offence and its international implication’
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has stated the probe into the January 29 explosion near the Israel Embassy in Delhi was handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) due to the “gravity of offence and its international implication.” The order doesn’t point out any nation.
An Improvised Explosion Device (IED) was set off at a pavement near the embassy damaging a couple of automobiles. No one was injured.
Earlier, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police was investigating the case. A handwritten word discovered near the explosion web site and addressed to Israel’s Ambassador to India Ron Malka talked about revenge, stated the officer. The word had eight spelling errors in it.
The letter, in English, written by somebody who recognized himself as Sarallah India Hezbollah stated the explosion was a trailer to avenge the killing of Iranian army commander Qasim Soleimani and others.
In an order, the MHA stated, “owing to the impact of the explosion, windows of three cars which were parked on the opposite side of the road were found shattered and several components of IED were found scattered nearby.” The case was handed to the NIA on February 2.
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It stated the Central authorities was of the opinion {that a} scheduled offence beneath the NIA Act, 2008 had been dedicated and having regard to the gravity of offence and its worldwide implication, it was required to be investigated by the NIA.
The First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police talked about that the IED blast created a crater on the pavement near a palm tree. The web site of explosion was near 5, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road, shut to the Israel Embassy. It stated an “envelope folded inside a closed poly pack was also found at the spot.”
The Special Cell had registered the case beneath Section 427 of the IPC (mischief inflicting harm to the quantity of fifty rupees) and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, punishable by dying.
