Security agencies have detained Hafiz Aamir, a suspected Harkat ul Jehadi al Islami operative, for allegedly sending a terror email in the aftermath of the blast outside the Delhi high court on September 7.
Aamir is understood to have told the investigators that an email claiming responsibility on behalf of the HuJI was sent on his directions, sources said on Thursday.
Aamir, who has been detained in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, is alleged to be an operative of the terror outfit HuJI.
Security agencies are currently interrogating him, they said.
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