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Delhi Police has begun investigating the Red Fort blast as an act of terror and has registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967.
Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case under Sections 16 and 18 of the UAPA, according to PTI.
Section 16 of the UAPA pertains to acts of terror while Section 18 deals with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.
At least eight people were killed and 20 injured in the blast, which was so strong that it was felt up to two kilometres away in the ITO area.
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Earlier, Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha said a slow-moving vehicle had stopped at a traffic light near the Red Fort Metro Station at around 6.52 pm and exploded. He added that nearby vehicles were also damaged in the explosion.
“The blast occurred in a moving Hyundai i20 car in which three people were sitting. We have not found any pellet or puncture in the body of the injured, which is unusual in a blast. We are investigating all angles,” a senior police officer told PTI.
Sources in the police told the news agency that no smell of RDX was detected at the site.
All angles are being thoroughly probed, the sources said.
The bomb disposal team will also examine the blast site for detonators and any bomb-making material, they added.
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The blast was so strong that it was felt up to two kilometres away in the ITO area, where several news organisations are based. Journalists posted on social media that they felt the blast in their offices.
Car’s ownership links Red Fort blast to J&K
The car that exploded had changed hands several times since 2014, according to CNN-News 18.
Authorities are now zeroing in on the current owner of the vehicle.
The original owner, Salman, sold the car to a person named Devendra, who sold it to one Sonu, who then sold it to a Tariq, the report said.
The car’s last known owner is believed to be a Pulwama-based doctor named Umar Mohammed.
The Red Fort blast occurred hours after the recovery of around 360 kilograms of suspected ammonium nitrate and a cache of arms and ammunition from a Kashmiri doctor's rented accommodation in Haryana's Faridabad, near Delhi. Dr Muzammil Ganaie was arrested in the case from Faridabad’s Dhauj area.
Authorities suspect that the Red Fort blast could be linked to the Faridabad recovery, which is part of an ongoing counter-terrorism investigation stretching from Jammu and Kashmir to Haryana.
Overall, the J&K Police has said that around 2,900 kg of bomb-making material has so far been recovered in the case. This includes explosives, chemicals, reagents, inflammable material, electronic circuits, batteries, wires, remote controls, timers, and metal sheets.
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