Overview
- Delhi Police detained Mudassar Ahmed Mir and a minor during a night patrol after finding a black Hyundai Santro with a Jammu and Kashmir registration parked behind the Red Fort.
- Officers say Mir produced a purported NIA identity card that looked suspicious, and a joint interrogation by the Special Cell, IB and the concerned agency confirmed it was forged.
- Investigators allege he promised Delhi jobs to vulnerable families for money, taking an advance from the minor’s family before bringing the boy to the capital.
- Police say the pair left Pulwama on February 12, reached Delhi the next night and stayed at a Jama Masjid area guest house while Mir sought job contacts.
- A case has been registered at Kotwali police station under Sections 319(2) and 339 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and authorities are probing for additional victims and any accomplices.