Red Fort Blast: According to sources, the white Hyundai i20 implicated in Monday’s explosion near Red Fort that killed eight people had a Gurugram registration number and was formerly owned by a Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, resident. Gurugram Police seized Mohammad Salman, a Gurgaon resident, for interrogation based on information from Delhi Police.
Red Fort Blasted Car Owned by Pulwama Resident:
According to sources, Salman revealed during questioning that he had sold the vehicle to Devendra, a resident of Okhla in southeast Delhi, around a year and a half ago. He also turned over all sale-related paperwork to Gurugram Police. Follow-up investigation showed that Devendra sold the Hyundai i20, registered HR26CE7674, that was involved in the explosion to a buyer in Ambala, Haryana. The ownership trail and transaction information are being confirmed and shared with central security authorities, according to investigators.
Sources claim that Tariq, a man from Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, afterwards bought the vehicle. When the slow-moving vehicle stopped at a traffic light close to the Red Fort Metro station on Monday night, police are currently investigating how the explosion happened.
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Nationwide Alert & Red Fort Blast Impact Explained:
The intelligence services are “probing all angles” over the possible involvement of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which is located in Pakistan. The services claimed to have informed state law enforcement about a potential terror strike by Pakistani terror groups in congested areas of Delhi.
According to the sources, the “intensity of the blast was extremely high,” and there were pieces of cars and other vehicles strewn all over the road. They claimed that the explosion’s force caused window panes to be thrown 300 meters out and smashed.