PM Modi meets Delhi Red Fort blast victims at LNJP Hospital
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited Lok Nayak Hospital to meet the victims of the blast near the Red Fort, minutes after he returned to the Capital from a two-day Bhutan visit.
Security was heightened outside the hospital, where all the victims have been admitted, in view of the visit.
The blast in a slow-moving white Hyundai i20 car at 6.50pm on Monday, ripped through a clutch of vehicles near the iconic Red Fort, leaving nine people dead so far.
The incident during rush hour gutted several vehicles, leaving 20 people injured.
The blast occurred hours after eight people, including three doctors, were arrested and 2,900 kg of explosives seized with the uncovering of a “white collar” terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The blast occurred hours after eight people, including three doctors, were arrested and 2,900 kg of explosives seized with the uncovering of a “white collar” terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Among those arrested on Monday were Dr Muzammil Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed, both connected to Al Falah University in Faridabad, from where 360 kg of ammonium nitrate was recovered.