Srinagar, Dec. 18 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a close associate of Red Fort area blast perpetrator Umar-un-Nabi, taking the total number of arrests in the "white-collar" terror module to nine, officials said on Thursday.

The accused, Yasir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir, was nabbed from Delhi and placed under arrest under relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the agency said in a statement.

"The 9th person to be arrested in the case, Yasir Ahmad Dar is a resident of Shopian, Srinagar. He was nabbed by NIA from New Delhi and placed under arrest," an NIA spokesperson said.

A Delhi court on Thursday remanded Yasir Ahmad Dar...