Rama Krishna Sangem
Top investigating agencies of India after preliminary evidences see the car last at Red Fort on the night of November 10, Monday, as an actor of terror. This is the initial outcome of the reviews held by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday and Tuesday in Delhi. Even Defence Minister Rajnath Singh too talked in a language that it looked like a warning to perpetrators of terror act from links with across the borders. After a gap of 13 years, this case is probed under anti-terror law.
Of course, full details of who and how have plotted and executed the Monday car comb blast in the rush hours in a crowded Delhi. Top investigating agencies like NIA, RAW and Delhi police are on the job of connecting the dots that led to the blast that claimed at least 12 lives and injured 24 others. PM Modi is likely to chair a high level meeting on security in a day or two in the wake of this blast. Speculation is also rife if the Centre treats this actor of terror grave enough to resume Operation Sindoor, halted months back.
Delhi police are probing a deadly car blast in the capital Delhi under a law used to fight “terrorism”, an officer said on Tuesday, as forensic experts sought evidence to establish the cause of the first such blast in the city in more than a decade. The law, called the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is India’s main anti-terrorism law. It is used to investigate and prosecute acts related to “terrorism” and activities that threaten the sovereignty and integrity of the country.
Case under anti-terror law
The
explosion near the historic Red Fort on Monday evening killed at least 12 people and injured 20,
a rare occurrence in recent years in the heavily guarded city of more than 30 million people. Several states and key facilities across the country were placed on high alert.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Raja Banthia said that Delhi police had registered a case under the anti-terrorism law as well as the explosives act and other criminal laws. “Investigation is at a preliminary stage and any comment on it will be too premature,” Banthia told reporters.
Near the site of the blast in the city’s old quarters, a busy market and tourist area, most shops that shut soon after the explosion were yet to open in the early hours of Tuesday.
