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Modi Visits Delhi Blast Survivors, Calls Security Meet as NIA Widens Terror Probe

The NIA is leading a terror probe with raids widening across states.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to LNJP Hospital minutes after returning from Bhutan and vowed that those behind the Red Fort car blast will be brought to justice.
  • Home minister Amit Shah chaired review meetings and directed agencies to hunt down every culprit involved in the attack.
  • The NIA has registered a UAPA case and, with Delhi Police and state units, is conducting raids across Delhi-NCR, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to track suspected operatives and modules.
  • Investigators are examining suspected links to Jaish-e-Mohammad and a Pulwama-based doctor, have made arrests tied to large explosive seizures, and collected DNA from the mother of alleged driver Umar Un Nabi for verification.
  • CCTV footage shows a white Hyundai i20 erupting near the Lal Quila metro around 6:55 pm on Monday, killing and injuring bystanders as multiple vehicles caught fire.