Blast impact points to terror attack, say intel agencies

NEW DELHI: The high intensity explosion in a car killing eight people and injuring 20 people at Red Fort in Delhi has sent intelligence and security agencies in a tizzy as no “clear material evidence of bomb like shrapnel” has been recovered from the site so far. However, the impact of the blast suggests that it might have been a terror attack.

Following the explosion, a nationwide alert was sounded, leading to enhanced security arrangements in crowded areas.The intelligence agencies have not ruled out the possibility of a terror attack and are probing all angles, including the potential role of Pakistan-based terror module Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. The agencies said that they had alerted the state law enforcement of a possible terror attack in Delhi by Pakistan based terror outfits, prior to the blast.The blast took place a day after a joint operation of the J&K and Haryana Police recovered 300 kg of explosives, and other suspicious material from a rented accommodation barely 40 km from the blast site at Dhauj village in Haryana’s Faridabad. Whether the two incidents are linked, remains under investigation.