Overview
- A slow-moving car exploded near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station on Monday evening, killing at least 12 people and damaging several vehicles, according to multiple reports citing officials.
- Congress, Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party leaders labeled the incident a failure of internal security and publicly urged the Union Home Minister to step down.
- TMC and other opposition leaders called for a time-bound, court-monitored Special Investigation Team, noting that Delhi Police report to the Home Ministry.
- The Home Ministry has placed the case with the National Investigation Agency after review meetings, as political scrutiny of intelligence and policing intensified.
- Leaders drew links to a major explosives seizure reported in Faridabad a day earlier and criticized the Prime Minister for traveling to Bhutan, while an AAP MP floated a Jaish-e-Mohammed link that investigators have not confirmed.