Red Fort car blast highlights: PM Modi dials Amit Shah from Bhutan to review situation

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Following the deadly blast near the Red Fort metro station, several states have issued a high alert and increased vigilance.

In Uttarakhand, based on the instructions of chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, has issued a high alert across the state.

Instructions have been given to conduct intensive checking at international and inter-state borders, sensitive locations, religious sites, markets, bus stands, railway stations, malls, and other crowded public places across all districts.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah will chair a high level security review meeting at Kartavya Bhawan at 11 AM.

Union Home Secretary, Director IB, Delhi Police Commissioner and. DG NIA will attend the meeting. Meanwhile, DGP Jammu and Kashmir will virtually join the meeting.

This meeting comes a day after a deadly explosion in Delhi's Red Fort area killed at least eight people and injured over 20.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Sri Lanka's Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa, expressed his condolences and solidarity with India following the loss of lives and those who were injured in a blast which took place near the iconic Red Fort in the national capital on Monday evening.

In a post on X on Monday, Premadasa called the blast a "terror attack" and emphasised the need for collective global efforts to eliminate terrorism.

"Shocked to hear about the terror attack in New Delhi. All should unite to eradicate the scourge of terrorism. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who were impacted by this dastardly attack," Premadasa's post read.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: As probe into the shocking blast near Red Fort in New Delhi deepens, a fresh image has emerged, showing a masked man driving the Hyundai i20 car minutes before an explosion ripped through the vehicle.

According to news agency ANI, cops have obtained CCTV footage showing the suspect's car entering and exiting the parking lot, and it indicates that the suspect was alone at the time.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: As the probe into the Delhi blast continues, fresh CCTV footage has surfaced on social media which shows people fleeing to safety moments after the explosion rocked a Hyundai i20 car on Monday evening. At least eight people were killed and over 20 injured after a parked car near Red Fort metro station exploded.

In a video shared by news agency PTI, people can be seen running away from the site of the blast. Sheer panic across their faces, many people ran to safety after they heard and saw the car blast near Lal Quila.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Following the eadly car blast near the Red Fort on Monday evening, the Archaeological Survey of India has announced that the Red Fort will remain shut for the next three days.

This decision comes to reduce public gatherings near the monument as the probe into the car blast continues.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Amid the probe into the Delhi car blast, PIB has issued a fact check to debunk multiple fake news alert. One such alertdebunked by PIB is that the Delhi Police have confirmed that the blast was caused by a CNG explosion.

'Some social media accounts are claiming that Special CP (Law & Order) Ravindra Yadav has confirmed that the recent blast in #Delhi was caused by a CNG explosion," said PIB, adding that this claim is false.

All angles into the Red Fort explosion are being probed, as of now, the police and officials have not ruled out anything.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Investigators have found some body parts inside the car that was used in the powerful explosion near Delhi iconic Red Fort on Monday evening, police said. DCP North Raja Banthia said thatc ase has been registered under sections of the UAPA, Explosives Act and BNS. “Teams from the NSG, Delhi Police and FSL are present at the spot and are investigating the entire crime scene,” he told ANI.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Following the deadly blast near Delhi's iconic Red Fort, investigators and forensic experts arrived at the site on Tuesday morning. DCP North Raja Banthia said that while the probe is underway, the forensic team is lifting the traces of explosives. “We are examining the scene of the crime,” he told news agency ANI.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Images showed that investigators had arrived on Tuesday morning at the site of the blast. Forensic teams will be collecting the sample to analyse the cause of the blast that claimed 8 lives.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: The Press Information Bureau on Tuesday issued warning against fake news in the wake of deadly blast that claimed 8 lives in the capital on Monday. It said that an old image of a blast in Lebanon in 2024 was being passed of as Delhi blast, as it asked people to verify information before circulating it.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: As the probe for the shocking Delhi blast is underway, a fresh photo has emerged, showing a masked man driving the Hyundai i20 car minutes before an explosion ripped through the vehicle. The new visuals are from a parking lot and show a man wearing a black mask driving Hyundai i20 with number plate HR26CE7674.

Several parts of the country are on high alert after the massive blast in Delhi on Monday evening. Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Mumbai, Pune and Jammu have been put on alert.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: European Union Ambassador to India, along with French and Egyptian ambassadors expressed solidarity with India following the deadly blast near Red Fort on Monday evening that claimed 8 lives.

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: As per the CCTV footage obtained by the Delhi Police, the suspect is believed to have been alone at the time of explosion.

The car used in Monday's explosion had a Haryana registration number and was last registered to a man in Gurugram, but had changed hands several times in recent weeks, according to investigators. According to documents accessed by HT, the car was first registered in 2014 to “Mohd Salman,” a resident of Shanti Nagar in Gurugram, who then sold it to a man identified as “Devender,” who later sold it to someone in Ambala, Haryana. Police have not identified the most recent buyer. Ambala Police have launched a parallel inquiry, while Gurugram Police are assisting other investigating agencies.

A Hyundai i20car is believed to have triggered the deadly blast near the Red Fort. The car was parked for nearly two hours at a lot adjacent to the monument before it exploded while moving slowly on Netaji Subhash Marg, investigators familiar with the initial probe said on Monday.Investigators working on the blast told HT that they used CCTV footage to trace the car’s movement in the final few hours in the build-up to the deadly explosion. They said the footage shows the car, with three occupants, heading from the Daryaganj Market towards the Sunehri Masjid parking lot beside the Red Fort on Shantivan Marg around 4pm.

The Forensic Science Laboratory said that samples will be taken to the laboratory and that a clue regarding the nature of the blast will be known after the examination, news agency PTI reported. "...The samples will be taken to the laboratory, and after that, only we can make any confirmation...Everything will be known after the examination...," FSL Officer Mohamad Wahid was quoted as saying.