Modi meets Delhi blast survivors, vows to bring conspirators to justice

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited LNJP Hospital in Delhi, where he met the Red Fort blast survivors, and said that those behind the conspiracy will be brought to justice.

Taking to the social media platform X, PM wrote, "Went to LNJP Hospital and met those injured during the blast in Delhi. Praying for everyone's quick recovery. Those behind the conspiracy will be brought to justice."

Modi arrived in the national capital on Wednesday afternoon after concluding his two-day visit to Bhutan. After landing, he went straight to LNJP Hospital, where he met and interacted with the injured, wishing them a speedy recovery.

The Prime Minister was also briefed by doctors and senior officials about the condition of the patients and the ongoing treatment.

Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his remarks at Changlimethang Ground in Thimphu, assured action against the conspirators behind the deadly car blast in Delhi. He stated that Indian agencies will get to the bottom of the conspiracy and assured that those behind the blast "will not be spared".

Meanwhile, earlier in the day, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) formed a special team of 10 officers to investigate the blast near Delhi's Red Fort Metro Station.

The 10-member special team will be led by NIA ADG Vijay Sakhare and will include an IG, two DIGs, three SPs, and the rest DSP-level officers, sources said.

More than 1,000 CCTV footage clips are being scanned by investigative agencies, which suspect that the car explosion could have been a suicide attack aimed at causing maximum damage, Delhi Police sources said.

High alerts have been issued in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Mumbai, with security around crowded public places and religious sites enhanced.

Separately, security agencies have detained several suspects in the Kashmir region as part of their investigation into this week's deadly car explosion in New Delhi, officials said on Wednesday.

At least five people were detained for questioning in a series of raids overnight in the Kashmir's southern Pulwama district, police officials said Wednesday.

The blast occurred on Monday near the historic Red Fort monument of New Delhi, killing over 10 people and injuring several other people.

Monday’s blast came hours after police in Kashmir said they had dismantled a suspected militant cell operating from the region to the outskirts of New Delhi.

At least seven people, including two doctors, were arrested, and police seized weapons and a large quantity of bomb-making material in Faridabad, a city in Haryana state, which is near New Delhi.

Indian news outlets report the explosion could be linked to the same cell.

News outlets have reported that police are investigating whether another suspected member of the same cell, also a Kashmiri doctor teaching at a medical college in Faridabad, was driving the car that exploded. Police have not confirmed those reports, but Indian news outlets said the doctor may have either deliberately triggered the blast to avoid arrest or was transporting explosives that detonated accidentally.

Delhi police spokesman Sanjay Tyagi said investigators were probing "all possible angles, including a terror attack, an accidental blast or any kind of failure in the car.”

Two days after a blast in Hyundai i20 car in Delhi's Red Fort led to the death of at least eight people and injuring dozens, Delhi Police sources on Wednesday said that they are now searching for another suspected car- a Ford Eco Sports, red in colour, which is believed to be a part of that terror module.

According to Police sources, they've issued an alert, and five Delhi Police teams are searching for the red Eco Sport.

People familiar with the matter said the investigation reveals that the suspects had another red car in addition to the i20.

All Police Stations, Police posts, and border checkpoints in Delhi have been alerted to search for this car.

Similarly, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Police have also been sent an alert regarding the red car.

Agencies