One person has been detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Delhi High Court bomb blast last year.At least 15 people were killed in the blast outside the Delhi High Court on September seven last year. The person identified as Mohammed Ayub has been detained in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.

His name had figured during the interrogation of Wasim Akram, a medical student who is being said to be the main accused in the case by the probe agency. Ayub is alleged to have purchased a SIM card for a known Hizbul Mujahideen commander – Jehangir — one of the terrorists whom the NIA was looking for in connection with the conspiracy.

Meanwhile, a massive search operation is underway in the higher reaches of Kishtwar for Junaid Akram Malik, wanted in connection with the case.

NIA has already announced a cash reward of 10 lakh rupees each for information leading to the arrest of Junaid and his two accomplices — Shakir Hussain alias Chota Shakeel and Amir Ali Khan alias Amir.Junaid's brother Wasim Akram is at present in judicial custody.