The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested two teenagers for their alleged role in the blast outside the Delhi High Court, in which 13 people were killed.
The two youth -- Shariq Bhatt and Abid Hussain Wani -- had earlier been detained from Kishtwar for questioning as an e-mail claiming responsibility for the Delhi blast led the investigators to a cyber cafe in the J&K town.
According to ministry of home affairs (MHA) sources, one of them was allegedly related to a former militant and the investigators were trying to ascertain who of the two had sent the email.
An FIR has been registered under the Information Technology Act for sending email after the blast claiming responsibility for it. Several people were being questioned in Kishtwar in connection with the case.
The arrests come exactly a week after the blast.
In Delhi, Union home secretary R.K. Singh said the NIA had got some clues and there was progress. He, however, refused to divulge details.
"Some people have been arrested and they are being interrogated," Singh said, adding, "We have clues. There is progress also. But we do not want to disclose whatever progress we have made as it will hamper the investigation."
The NIA had on Tuesday raised the reward money from Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh for anybody giving information about the perpetrators of the blast.
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