TUESDAY 11 Red Fort, Delhi Metro Station (Gate no. 1) NOVEMBER, 2025 NEW DELHI epaper.morningstandard.in Blast site facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard Chandni Chowk Rd DON US President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against BBC over the way a speech he made was edited in a docu aired by Britain’s national broadcaster. A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS PAGE 9 HOW IT HAPPENED 6.52 PM THREATENS BBC WITH $1B LAWSUIT 1 Red Fort 6.52 pm: Slow moving Hyundai i20 blows up near Red Fort traffic signal 2 6.55 pm: Delhi Fire Department receives alert. No crater, no shrapnel injury noticed 3 7.25 pm: Around 30 people injured taken to LNJP hospital. Of them, nine declared brought dead  NEW DELHI 4 7.29 pm: Ten fire tenders arrive, area cordoned off; fire brought under control 5 8.28 pm: NIA, NSG and forensic teams reach the spot, collect evidence  J8.00 6 8.30 pm: Home minister Amit Shah briefs PM. Shah visits LNJP hospital and the blast site  NATIONWIDE ALERT ANNOUNCED AHEAD OF BIHAR POLLS PAGES 12 ■ Pained beyond words by loss of lives in a blast in Delhi; my deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones — Home minister Amit Shah ■ Home minister Amit Shah at the blast site on Monday All angles are being probed, no possibility is ruled out, says Shah. “Until the samples recovered from the blast site are analysed by forensics and NSG, we can’t say anything on the cause,” adds Shah Nationwide alert announced. CISF tightens vigil at all installations in Delhi-NCR, including the IGI Airport and metro stations 9 killed in car blast near Red Fort Powerful explosion in the crowded area sets off security alerts across the country ahead of Bihar’s final phase poll 9 6 N I T I N R A W AT @ New Delhi HOURS after nearly 2,900 kg of explosives were seized in Faridabad, a powerful blast tore through the national capital on Monday evening, killing at least nine people and injuring several others outside the Red Fort, in what investigators suspect could be a terror attack. Whether the two incidents are connected is under investigation, officials said. The explosion occur red around 6:52 pm near Gate No. 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station and near the Delhi Police’s integrated facilitation booth, when a slow-moving white Hyundai i20 stopped at a traffic signal and suddenly blew up. The impact engulfed several nearby vehicles in flames, scattering debris across the road. LNJP Hospital released the list of the dead and injured. The identity of seven people who have died remains unknown so far, one deceased was identified as Ashok Kumar, a 34-year-old from Amroha. The list comprises 28 names, including 20 injured and eight dead. Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha said a multi-agency investigation is underway. “Around 6:52 pm, an explosion took place in a slow-moving vehicle which stopped near the red light at Red Fort. The pas- KILLED in the blast, though the unofficial toll is higher OCTOBER 18, 1997 Sarojini Nagar/Paharganj/ 59 155 Govindpuri First responders look for more bodies at the blast site near Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday evening | SAYANTAN GHOSH sengers were inside when the incident occurred. Nearby vehicles were damaged. The NIA, NSG, and FSL teams have joined the investigation,” he said. The fire department received a call at 6:55 pm. “We immediately rushed in seven fire units to the spot. The blaze was brought under control by 7:29 pm,” said Deputy Chief Fire Officer AK Malik. Six cars, two e-rickshaws, and one auto-rickshaw were destroyed in the explosion. The scene, located between the historic Red Fort and the bustling Chandni Chowk market, was thrown into chaos. Eyewitnesses described a loud explosion followed by fire and panic. Soon, police, fire, and ambulance teams arrived, cordoning off the area as rescue operations began. Home Minister Amit Shah said: “Delhi Crime Branch and Special Branch teams reached the spot. NSG and NIA are conducting a thorough investiga- EXPRESS READ JLN Stadium may become Sports City 4-day cold wave in North India: IMD The IMD has predicted cold wave conditions in North, East, and Central India for the next four days. The minimum temp in Northwest are expected to drop by 2°C-3°C in the coming days. Cold to severe cold wave conditions may persist in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha over the next 3-4 days, according to the IMD. P4 ‘Mock trial for death for Hasina’ Allies of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have denounced her ongoing trial before Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal as a politically motivated attempt by the “illegal Yunus-led interim government” to stage a mock trial aimed at sentencing her to death. The tribunal has completed hearings in the case accusing Hasina of crimes against humanity. P7 as well as 2 e-rickshaws and one auto destroyed MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS IN DELHI SINCE 1997 SAYANTAN GHOSH The iconic Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium will be “dismantled” to create a Sports City that will cater to all major disciplines and include lodging facility for athletes, according to sports ministry sources on Monday. The 102-acre area will be rebuilt but as of now, the plan is a proposal, and therefore, the time-line for the project and the estimated cost has not yet been worked out. P4 CARS tion. All nearby CCTV cameras are being examined. We will explore every possibility .” Shah later visited both the blast site and LNJP Hospital, where many of the injured were admitted. He said PM Narendra Modi had been briefed on the situation. “Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in the blast in Delhi earlier this evening. May the injured recover at the earliest,” PM Modi said on X. MORE REPORTS ON P3 & 7 DECEMBER 13, 2001 I F R A H M U F T I @ New Delhi OUTSIDE Lok Nayak Hospital, two young ambulance drivers, Mohammad Faizan and Mohammad Hasan, stood amid a growing crowd where chaos unfolded. Both had just returned from one of the most harrowing calls of their careers, rushing four to five mutilated bodies from the Red Fort area after the powerful explosion. “We got a call from the beat official who asked us to reach Lal Qila. We were told that blast hua hai. We managed to reach the location in seven minutes,” Faizan said, carrying visible sweat drops on his forehead. “We reached there, and some people picked up the bodies and kept in the ambulance. One ambulance could carry not more than two bodies. I bought at least five bodies to the hospital,” he said. Hasan described a scene of utter devastation, cars burnt and overturned, flames still ris- ing, and the air heavy with smoke and the smell of burning metal. “Bodies were lying on the ground. We saw the parts of bodies thrown at different places. These bodies were in terrible shape,” Hasan added. It was the first time that either of them had seen such destruction up close. “We’ve handled road accidents, fires, and even stampedes,” Faizan said, “but this was different and something which happened very close to our location.” After dropping the bodies at the hospital, both stood outside their ambulance, too shaken to move. Other ambulances kept pulling into the hospital one after another. A special corridor had been created for the victims, cordoned off tightly by police and hospital staff. Ordinary patients, unaware of where to go, ran from one gate to another, trying to find an entry. Some were seen pushing stretchers down the main road in desperation. 30 SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 Karol Bagh, Connaught Place & 25 150 Greater Kailash SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 Flower Market, Mehrauli 3 21 SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 High Court, Delhi Deaths | i20 linked to Pulwama man, crackdown on J&K terror infra N I T I N R AWAT & FAYA Z WA N I @ New Delhi/Srinagar ‘We could still smell the burning’: Ambulance drivers recall horror 11 Parliament THE investigation has so far revealed that the white Hyundai i20 involved in the blast, bearing a Gurugram registration number, was last owned by a resident of Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir. Based on inputs from the Delhi Police, the Gurugram Police detained Mohammad Salman for questioning. During interrogation, Salman disclosed that he had sold the car about a year and half ago to one Devendra, a resident of Okhla, and handed over all sale-related documents to the Gurugram Police. Further probe revealed ESSENTIAL that Devendra subse- NUMBERS quently sold the vehicle Delhi Police to a buyer in Ambala, Control Room: Haryana. Investigators 01122910010, said that details of the 01122910011 transaction and ownerLNJP Hospital: ship trail are being veri01123233400, fied and shared with cenEmergency tral security agencies. 01123239249 According to sources, the car was eventually AIIMS Trauma purchased by a man Centre: named Tariq from Pulwa- 01126594405 ma. Police are now working to establish how the explosion occurred when the slow-moving car halted at a traffic light near the Red Fort Metro station on Monday evening. Meanwhile, the J&K police has launched one of the biggest crackdowns against terrorists, their sympathisers, Over Ground Workers and terror networks operating from Pakistan. Nearly 100 people were detained during the operations on Monday . The operation forms part of a sustained effort to choke the ecosystem aiding antinational elements and preserve the peace in the Valley. In Baramulla, 23 locations were raided and 16 arrests made. 14 Injured | 88 Source: SATP 3K kg IED-making stuff seized, three docs held F AYA Z W A N I & H A R P R E E T B A J W A @ Srinagar/ Chandigarh EIGHT people, including three doctors, were arrested and a staggering 2,900 kg of explosive materials have been seized by the Jammu and Kashmir Police after it busted an inter-state “white-collar” terror module linked to Jaish-e-Mohammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Of the 2,900 kg of IED-making materials recovered, 360 kg were found in Faridabad. One of the three doctors arrested worked in J&K, while another was employed in Haryana. It all began on 19 October, when JeM posters threatening the police and security forces were found in Bunpora Nowgam near Srinagar. An investigation was launched to track down the person responsible. With the help of CCTV footage, the police nabbed a suspect, Dr Adil Ahmed Rather, who worked at a hospital in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. An AK rifle was later recovered from his locker at the Gover nment Medical Colle ge, Anantnag, where he had served as a senior resident until Octo- The arms and ammunition recovered by Haryana and J&K police forces | PTI ber 2024. He revealed the names of his associates, including Dr Muzamil Ahmed Ganai, who was working as a doctor at AlFalah Hospital in Faridabad. Muzamil was arrested in Faridabad by a joint team of the Haryana and J&K police. Sources added a female doctor, Dr Shaheen Shahid, was detained in Lucknow and brought to Srinagar for questioning. Five other individuals have also been arrested. The police said the probe had uncovered a terror ecosystem involving radicalised professionals who were in contact with handlers in Pakistan. Haryana police said security agencies are reviewing records of medical professionals working in private hospitals.