New Delhi, Nov 10 (UNI) The Delhi Police is examining CCTV footage from nearby areas and has picked up the dump data of mobile phones active in the vicinity, as part of a massive investigation into the high-intensity blast near Red Fort metro station that killed ten people and injured 24 on Monday evening.
The police are probing a terror angle and have identified the exploded vehicle as a Hyundai i20 car with a Haryana registration number plate.
This crucial details have prompted intensified large-scale manhunt across the National Capital Region (NCR), with the Special Cell and Crime Branch conducting simultaneous raids at multiple locations to nab the suspects. Multiple teams have been pressed into service and raids are underway at several locations in Delhi and the NCR.
In a critical step to piece together the sequence of events, investigators are meticulously analysing video recordings from all available cameras while also recording the statements of eyewitnesses to the incident.
The explosion took place in a slow-moving i20 car near Gate No. 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station at around 6:52 PM. Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha stated, “A slow-moving vehicle stopped at the red light. An explosion happened in that vehicle, and due to the explosion, nearby vehicles were also damaged.”
The blast set multiple vehicles ablaze and shattered nearby windowpanes, with its high intensity causing widespread panic in the area.
According to Dr. BL Chaudhary, Medical Superintendent of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital (LNJP), “Eight of them died before reaching the hospital.”
Teams from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) are also on the spot, assisting the local police in the probe. A high alert remains in force across the capital and neighbouring states.
