Red Fort bomb probe finds link to Faridabad module

Module linked to the terror outfit Jaish-e- Mohammad, and a doctor from Pulwama

- Jignasa Sinha, Karn Pratap Singh, Leena Dhankhar & Hemani Bhandari

Remains of vehicles charred in a bomb blast near Red Fort Metro Station in New Delhi on Monday. At least nine people were killed in the explosion.

(PTI)

Investigators probing the rush-hour car explosion outside Red Fort in Delhi turned their attention on Tuesday to an extremist module busted in Faridabad who they linked to terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and a doctor hailing from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, as authorities attempted to tighten the dragnet around a group of suspects across four states.

The toll from the explosion in a white Hyundai i20 car in the heart of old Delhi on Monday evening climbed to 13 as the government vowed to hunt down those responsible for the blast that ripped through a clutch of vehicles and was heard even 2km away.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe in the case and registered a first information report (FIR). Police filed a case against unknown persons under the stringent anti-terror law but no outfit or person was officially named as a suspect.