India, July 14 -- A Delhi court on Monday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) permission to dispose of the body parts of the Red Fort bomb blast victims, including those of the alleged suicide bomber, with dignity and in accordance with religious customs.

The order was passed by principal district and sessions judge Pitamber Dutt of Patiala House Courts while ruling on an NIA application seeking to dispose of biological remains collected from the blast site as part of case evidence.

Public prosecutor Madhav Khurana, appearing for NIA, informed the court that the body parts were decomposing and stored with the forensics unit, adding that their evidentiary value had been fully utilised through forensic analysis, making further...