# NIA arrests three accused in Himachal police station IED blast 2026-08-14T11:15:10+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three accused in connection with the IED explosion that occurred inside Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh on January 1. The accused were identified as Mahavir Kumar alias Kaka, Ajay Mehra, and Manpreet Singh alias Mani. Mahavir and Ajay were remanded to eight days of police custody, while Manpreet was sent to judicial custody by the special NIA court in Shimla. The case was initially registered by Nalagarh police after the blast near the investigating officer's room. The NIA re-registered the case on May 8 and made the arrests as part of a larger conspiracy probe. These are the first arrests in the case. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com Tags: Himachal Pradesh, Nalagarh, National Investigation Agency Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nia-arrests-three-accused-in-himachal-police-station-ied-blast/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nia-arrests-three-accused-in-himachal-police-station-ied-blast/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.