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Blast Impact Points to Terror Attack, Say Intel Agencies.
NEW DELHI: The high-intensity explosion in a car near the Red Fort in Delhi, which killed eight people and injured 20, has put intelligence and security agencies on high alert, especially since no “clear material evidence of a bomb like shrapnel” has been recovered from the site so far. However, the sheer impact of the blast suggests that it might have been a terror attack.
Following the explosion, a nationwide alert was sounded, leading to enhanced security arrangements in crowded areas.
Intelligence agencies have not ruled out the possibility of a terror attack and are probing all angles, including the potential role of Pakistan-based terror modules like Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. The agencies mentioned that they had alerted state law enforcement of a possible terror attack in Delhi by Pakistan-based terror outfits prior to the blast.
The blast occurred a day after a joint operation by the J&K and Haryana Police recovered 300 kg of explosives and other suspicious material from a rented accommodation barely 40 km from the blast site, in Dhauj village in Haryana’s Faridabad. Whether the two incidents are linked remains under investigation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been personally monitoring the situation. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Lok Nayak Hospital and the blast site and held a meeting with Delhi Police Chief Satish Golcha and other senior officials to review the situation, assess casualties, and discuss the ongoing investigation. (TNIE)
Following the explosion, a nationwide alert was sounded, leading to enhanced security arrangements in crowded areas.
Intelligence agencies have not ruled out the possibility of a terror attack and are probing all angles, including the potential role of Pakistan-based terror modules like Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. The agencies mentioned that they had alerted state law enforcement of a possible terror attack in Delhi by Pakistan-based terror outfits prior to the blast.
The blast occurred a day after a joint operation by the J&K and Haryana Police recovered 300 kg of explosives and other suspicious material from a rented accommodation barely 40 km from the blast site, in Dhauj village in Haryana’s Faridabad. Whether the two incidents are linked remains under investigation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been personally monitoring the situation. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Lok Nayak Hospital and the blast site and held a meeting with Delhi Police Chief Satish Golcha and other senior officials to review the situation, assess casualties, and discuss the ongoing investigation. (TNIE)
For more details: The Indian Messenger
