Israel embassy blast: Delhi Police arrest 4 from Kargil

The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested four students from Ladakh in connection with the Israel embassy blast case, police said on Thursday.

They were arrested from Kargil and taken to Delhi on transit remand.

The four students were identified as Nazir Hussain, Zulfikar Ali Wazir, Aiaz Hussain and Muzammil Hussain. All of them are residents of Thang village in Kargil district of Ladakh.

The police said that all four of them stayed at a rented accommodation near Delhi University area. On the day of blast, their mobile phones were switched off and a few days after the blast, they vacated the accommodation all of sudden and moved to Ladakh.

The minor IED blast took place outside the Embassy of Israel in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi on January 29. There were no casualties.