‘Orders crackdown on perpetrators, terms it a terror act’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday directed security agencies to hunt down every individual involved in the deadly Delhi blast that claimed 12 lives near the Red Fort on Monday evening.
He said those responsible “will face the full wrath” of India’s security agencies.
Shah made the remarks after chairing two back-to-back high-level security review meetings held in the aftermath of the explosion.
“Chaired review meetings on the Delhi car blast with the senior officials. Instructed them to hunt down each and every culprit behind this incident. Everyone involved in this act will face the full wrath of our agencies,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
The first meeting was attended by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Deka, Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha, and NIA Director General Sadanand Vasant Date.
Jammu and Kashmir DGP Nalin Prabhat also joined the meeting virtually. During the deliberations, top officials gave detailed presentations on the situation and the progress made in the investigation so far, sources said.
A second review meeting was convened in the afternoon, attended by almost the same set of officials to assess fresh updates.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has handed over the probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) — a move that indicates the government’s view of the explosion as a possible act of terrorism, given that the NIA primarily investigates terror-related cases.
Shah reiterated that India’s top investigating agencies are conducting a comprehensive probe to uncover every aspect of the incident.
The blast occurred in a slow-moving car at a traffic signal near the Red Fort Metro Station on Monday evening, leaving 12 people dead, 20 injured, and several vehicles gutted, officials said.(KINS)
