Overview
- A slow-moving Hyundai i20 exploded near Gate No. 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station around 6:52 pm, igniting multiple vehicles before fire crews contained the blaze within roughly 30–45 minutes.
- At least eight people were confirmed dead and more than 20 were injured, with many taken to LNJP Hospital as officials released names of the deceased and wounded.
- NSG, NIA, FSL and Delhi Police special units are on scene, Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the site and briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a high-level review meeting is set for Tuesday.
- Police traced the car to a Haryana registration, detained a prior owner who said he had sold it, and are reconstructing its movements through CCTV and toll data as records indicate multiple ownership transfers.
- Preliminary observations reporting no crater and few splinter wounds leave the cause unresolved, while Delhi and several states are on high alert and the US and UK have issued advisories.