New Delhi, November 12: Returning from Bhutan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasted no time before heading straight to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital to meet the victims of Monday’s car explosion near the Red Fort, which killed ten people and injured twenty.
Officials said the Prime Minister was briefed on-site by Delhi Police and intelligence officials about the progress of the probe, which now points to possible terror links involving three Jammu and Kashmir-based doctors. Two of them are in custody, while the third, Umar Nabi, is suspected to have been driving the car that exploded. DNA samples from his mother have been collected in Pulwama for verification.
Later today, PM Modi will chair back-to-back meetings of the Union Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review national security measures and assess the wider implications of the blast.
Sources said investigators are examining whether the RDX used in the explosion is from the same batch recently seized from Faridabad, as both samples show similar chemical signatures.
