Delhi Blast LIVE Updates: Security has been beefed up at several locations across India after Monday evening blast. At least 13 people were killed in the explosion that took place near the iconic Red Fort on Monday (November 10). Security checks have been increased at Shri Badrinath, Shri Kedarnath temple premises, Sri Jagannath temple and Bageshwar Baba Santan Ekta Yatra.
The blast occurred around 7 pm on Monday near the Subhash Marg traffic signal close to the Red Fort. It involved a slow-moving Hyundai i20 car that exploded, as per Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Shah further said that “all possibilities” were being explored, while multiple agencies have joined the investigation to determine the cause and motive behind the explosion.
Delhi Police have registered a case under sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Explosives Act, and relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Kotwali Police Station.
Officials told news agency PTI on Tuesday that findings of the initial probe into the blast near the Red Fort suggest it may have been “accidentally triggered” while a hastily assembled explosive device was being transported, following the busting of an inter-state terror module.
Investigators zeroed in on a Pulwama-based doctor, Umar Nabi, who was driving the car used in the explosion that claimed 12 lives, and had alleged links to the terror module busted with the recovery of explosives mainly from neighbouring Faridabad in Haryana.
The Red Fort blast on a busy Monday evening came hours after eight people, including three doctors, were arrested and 2,900 kg of explosives seized with the uncovering of a “white collar” terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Among those arrested on Monday were Dr Muzammil Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed, both connected to the Al-Falah University in Faridabad, from where 360 kg of ammonium nitrate was recovered.
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Speaking to reporters, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today said that the party will raise the issue during the winter session of Parliament.
“The culprits must be punished severely so that others should be afraid of doing it. We will raise the issue in the Parliament next month, during the winter session. Now they have handed over the case to the National Intelligence Agency. Let the investigation report be out. The Parliament session will begin from December 1. After that we will see,” Kharge added.
In an attack on the ruling BJP government at the Centre and in Delhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today termed the blast in Delhi as a “failure of the government”. He also demanded strict punishment for the culprits as a deterrent.
“It was unfortunate that such an incident happened in the national capital where top agencies, that are tasked with ensuring security, including the Intelligence Bureau functioned. Despite the presence of all such agencies in Delhi, the government has failed,” Kharge told reporters, adding that his party would wait for a complete report.
A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, with ‘Disaster Management’ on the agenda is being held today, 12 November, as per a PTI report.
The panel will hear from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and the Directorate General (Fire Services, Civil Defence & Home Guards) on the subject.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on November 12 posted on social media platform X seeking answers to the Delhi blast, and asking the reason for “terrorist attacks” during elections.
The statement has drawn a sharp reaction from the opposition BJP, as per a PTI report.
The Delhi police on November 12 said that all police stations, posts, and border checkpoints in the national capital, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have been alerted to look out and search for a red colour Ford Eco Sport car.
This comes after investigation revealed that the suspects had another car in addition to the Hyundai i20. Five Delhi Police teams are searching for the car, it added.
Upon landing from Bhutan, PM Modi went straight to LNJP hospital to meet those injured after the blast in Delhi. He met and interacted with the injured and wished them a speedy recovery. He was also briefed by officials and doctors at the hospital.
In an official statement, the Faridabad-based private university in Faridabad today distanced itself from the two arrested doctors and key suspects in the Delhi Red Fort car blast. Dr Bhupinder Kaur Anand, vice-chancellor of the Al Falah University said, “We are deeply saddened and anguished by the unfortunate developments that took place and condemn the same. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the innocent people affected by these distressing events.”
“We wish to make it clear that the university has no connection with the said persons apart from them being working in their official capacities with the university. Moreover, the university is extending its full cooperation to the concerned investigating authorities to enable them to arrive at a logical, fair, and conclusive determination in the matter pertaining to national security,” it added.
In the wake of security meetings following Delhi Blast, Deputy Superintendent of Police Vikram Bhau said, “We have asked the people, particularly shopkeepers and business establishments, to remain alert about any suspicious movement in their areas. The drive aims to sensitise them,” PTI reported.
Urging the public—particularly traders—to remain vigilant about any suspicious activity, Jammu Police issued a public alert and installed CCTV cameras to increase security check.
Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh on Wednesday said the state is operating on a high-alert protocol. “High alert means thousands of hours, thousands of personnel, and we’re fully engaged, along with other agencies,” ANI quoted him as saying. He called the car blast in Delhi as “extremely unfortunate” and said that thousands of police personnel deployed across Haryana as new details emerge in the case.
Al-Falah university has become the centre of attention in connection with the high-intensity explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort and “white-collar terror module.” On Wednesday, the university officials distanced itself from Delhi blast accused and said that the institution has ‘no connection with accused’ neither with the ‘chemicals stored,’ ANI reported. Located in Dhauj village in Haryana’s Faridabad district, the Muslim-dominated university has come under the scanner following the arrest of three doctors.
Interest in the Hyundai i20 car which was involved in the Delhi blast is increasing and new details have emerged. This particular car was traced to have been sold by Faridabad’s second-hand car showroom named ‘Royal Car Zone’ in Faridabad. As per PTI report, the owner of the showroom has been detained for questioning.
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said, “Why was vigilance not up to the mark?… If such casualties occur, we must ask questions of the government… NIA is a competent institution… It should also investigate why such incidents are increasing because this will be able to reduce the number of such happenings,” ANI reported
The DNA sample of the mother of the suspected bomber Dr Umar Un Nabi was reportedly collected and sent to AIIMS forensic laboratory for further investigation, sources said.
The suspected bomber who was driving the white Hyundai i20 car has been identified as Dr Umar Nabi who was linked to the Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). He was a Pulwama-based doctor who worked at Al-Falah Hospital in Faridabad. Nabi acted “hastily” after several of his associates were arrested in recent raids across Faridabad, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi-NCR, according to officers aware of the matter.
Initial probe has established link between Delhi blast to that of Faridabad terror module of Jaish-e-Mohammed, ANI reported.
Inspection of the CCTV footage obtained by probe agencies revealed that the car in which the Red Fort high-intensity explosion occurred was being driven by Umar who was a member of this module. Notably, the blast was caused by the same type of material stockpiled in Faridabad, from where nearly 3,000 kilograms of explosives were seized, sources informed ANI.
The iconic Red Fort will remain closed for visitors until November 13, as per a notification of Delhi police. In a notice issued on November 11, Delhi Police said that the monument will remain closed for three days in the wake of the tragic high-intensity explosion.
President of the Chandni Chowk Traders Association Sanjay Bhargaw had announced the closure of Chandni Chowk for Tuesday, PTI reported.
The car dealer who had sold the Hyundai i20 car to suspects Dr Umar Un Nabi and Tariq Ahmad Malik has been identified, ANI reported. As per sources, the dealer was detained from Haryana’s Faridabad.
Haryana preacher was detained by Jammu and Kashmir police in ‘white collar’ terror module case. On Wednesday, the suspect was detained from Mewat in Haryana in connection with the ‘white collar’ terror module operating from a university in Faridabad, according to officials.
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) said, “I know there has been a lot of talk in the environment of Operation Sindoor 2.0… We have a mature leadership which will decide what is best in the national interest… What we need is a much greater investment in technology, especially predictive AI,” ANI reported.
He added, “Along with that, citizen vigilance is very important… The way people immediately came forward to help after the incident…The manner in which the police responded.”
Himachal Pradesh Minister Jagat Singh Negi on Tuesday expressed suspicion over timing of Delhi blast around Bihar elections.
Questioned the timing of the Red Fort blast in an interview with ANI, Jagat Singh Negi said, “It is a very tragic incident. But the timing raises suspicion why do such bomb blasts happen only around elections in India?”
The findings of initial probe of Delhi blast pointed to transportation of hastily assembled explosive device following the busting of an inter-state terror module. Officials in an update to PTI news agency on Tuesday said the findings indicate that the explosion might have been “accidentally triggered.”
Vehicular movement along Netaji Subhash Marg from Chatta Rail Cut to Subhash Marg Cut will be restricted, according to Delhi Traffic Police advisory issued on November 11. The traffic restrictions came into effect at 6:00 AM on Tuesday and will remain intact until further notice.
Urging commuters to take alternative routes, the advisory states, “On 11.11.25, Due to exigencies, traffic restrictions & diversions will be in place in both the carriageways and service roads Netaji Subhash Marg from Chatta Rail Cut to Subhash Marg Cut.”
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in a post on X said, “Due to security reasons the Lal Quila Metro Station shall continue to remain closed on 12th of November also. All other stations are functional as normal.”
Odisha Minister Prithviraj Harichandan says, “Following the Delhi blast, the Chief Minister has already ordered the Department of Police to act appropriately, and based on that, the exercise has already begun since yesterday. All these important places, railway stations, airports, and these important monuments are under protection…Proper security has been deployed around the Sri Jagannath temple, and all important monuments are being adequately protected…”
According to the police’s investigation, it emerged that Nabi waited in the Sunehri Masjid parking lot for nearly three hours while searching on the internet for updates regarding his associates’ arrest in Faridabad. The investigators managed to establish an 11-hour trail of Nabi’s vehicle.
He proceeded on Chhata Rail Chowk road near the Red Fort, then took a U-turn. The blast took place a few metres before the Red Fort police post, according to officials privy to the probe.
The car passed through multiple owners before being repurchased by Nabi on October 29. Officials said a man named Tariq from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district had given the i20 car to Nabi, and is now under arrest. Its pollution under control (PUC) certificate was updated on the same day.
Umar Nabi was allegedly driving the car used in the explosion that claimed 12 lives, and had alleged links to the terror module busted with the recovery of explosives mainly from neighbouring Faridabad in Haryana.
Nabi, whose name has emerged as the main Delhi blast suspect, hailed from Lethpora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and was allegedly carrying explosives, possibly ammonium nitrate, in the car, they said.
Sources said earlier that the explosion was triggered in panic and desperation after raids by the security agencies across multiple locations in Delhi-NCR and Pulwama, J-K, to nab suspects believed to be part of the terror module.
They said on Tuesday that the findings of the initial probe into the blast near the Red Fort suggest it may have been “accidentally triggered” while a hastily assembled explosive device was being transported, following the busting of an inter-state terror module.
The Delhi Police’s FIR has called the explosion “a bomb blast” as it invoked sections pertaining to conspiracy and punishment for a terror attack under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, officials told news agency PTI.
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