Delhi police arrests DRDO scientist over Rohini bomb blast case

A scientist suspected of planting a tiffin bomb that led to the blast at the Rohini Court in Delhi on December 9 has been arrested by the police after CCTV camera footage revealed his face. Three others have been arrested at his behest.

New Delhi: In the bomb blast case that occurred at the Rohini Court in Delhi on December 9, the Special Cell on Saturday arrested a scientist working with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the charge of planting a bomb. The accused is reportedly a resident of Ashok Vihar. Three other accused, who helped him in this blast, have also been arrested, along with him.

The accused had placed this bomb in the court with the intention of killing his neighbor who had a proceeding in the court on the same day. The interrogation to hatch out the whole matter is underway.

According to the information, on December 9, there was a sudden explosion in Rohini Court No. 102. The 'Naib Court' of the court was injured in the blast, who was admitted to Ambedkar Hospital for treatment. In the preliminary investigation, an explosion of a laptop battery was the suspected reason for the blast. However, it came to light later that the blast was actually a bomb blast caused by a tiffin bomb detonated inside the court, which was presumably remote controlled.

The investigation for the case was started by the team of Special Cell DCP Rajiv Ranjan. The investigators initially scanned more than 100 CCTV cameras attached in the court premises as well as on the gates.

The search resulted in the offcials identifying the bag used for the explosion.

This was followed by the investigators interacting with owners of more than 1000 cars which came to the court on the day of the blast, as well as the accused and complainants of all cases heard on room 102 on the day.

The police ultimately got the break when Vashisht said that the person in the footage with the bag was his neighbour, Kataria, which led the cops arresting the latter.

After registering a case in this regard, the investigation was handed over to the Special Cell.

After this, the police arrested the accused. On investigation, it came to light that he is a scientist and the planted bomb was in fact made by him. At his behest, three other accused have been caught by the police, who have helped the accused in the blast.