NIA to probe Israel Embassy blast case
New Delhi, Feb 02: The Israel Embassy blast case has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency. The Ministry of Home Affairs handed over the probe to the NIA, government sources tell OneIndia. The official said that taking into the consideration the international ramifications this case has, the NIA has been roped in.
The development comes a day after Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu dialled PM Narendra Modi and thanked him for the security of the Israel diplomats in India.
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.
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Indian Prime Minister Modi noted that his country is committed to the security of our people and added that India would continue to cooperate with Israel in the fight against terrorism, another tweet read.
While several leads have emerged from the investigation into the low intensity blast that took place outside the Israel Embassy in New Delhi, there are more pointers towards an Iran angle.
While there is nothing conclusive as yet owing to the false flags, officials in New Delhi tell OneIndia that the probe into the Iran angle is on and some of the leads are pretty strong.
There is also a very strong possibility that the blast could be linked to the one that took place on February 13 2012. We are not ruling out any possibility, the official cited above also said.
Investigators are also looking at the role of a group called the Jaish-ul-Hind. A person by the name Vikar had claimed responsibility for the blast on a Telegram group in the ISIS forum that is linked to the Qayam Foundation.
The internet protocol address has been traced to Herat in Afghanistan. However this angle needs to be thoroughly probed as it could be a false flag, officials say. The message posted by Vikar has been forwarded on many groups, but it could be a way of misleading the investigators, officials further pointed out.
On
Saturday,
the
Delhi
Police
observed
two
suspects
getting
off
the
cab
moments
before
the
minor
blast.
After
observing
the
CCTV
footage,
the
cops
found
that
the
two
suspects
were
getting
off
a
cab
moments
before
the
blast.
The
cab
driver
has
been
identified
and
was
questioned
by
the
Delhi
Police.
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Following
the
minor
blast
outside
the
Israel
Embassy
in
New
Delhi,
the
police
had
found
a
note
addressed
to
the
to
Israel
Embassy
ambassador.
The
letter
contained
a
threat
and
describes
the
explosion
as
a
trailer.
The
letter
also
refers
to
Qasem
Soleimani,
one
of
Iran's
most
powerful
generals
who
was
assassinated
in
a
drone
strike
by
the
United
States
in
January
last
year.