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Red Fort Car Blast in Delhi: Probe Points to Premature Detonation as NIA Steps In

Investigators now see a likely premature detonation, with forensics and CCTV guiding a multi-agency probe.

Overview

  • Footage shows a Hyundai i20 parked near Sunheri Masjid for about three hours before exiting at 6:48 pm and exploding minutes later at a Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road signal.
  • Delhi Police filed a case under UAPA sections 16 and 18 and the Explosive Substances Act based on SI Vinod Nayan’s account, as the NIA moves to take charge of the case.
  • Authorities report multiple fatalities and dozens injured, with patients treated at LNJP Hospital and security tightened at key locations in the capital and other cities.
  • Investigators are assessing potential links to a module busted across J&K and Faridabad that yielded roughly 2,900 kg of explosives-related material and arrests including doctors, though no direct forensic connection has been confirmed.
  • Early suicide-attack suspicions have shifted after limited fragmentation and the absence of shrapnel or a crater suggested an under-developed IED and a non-planned suicide profile.