Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his arrival from Bhutan on November 12, headed straight to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, where he met the injured from the Red Fort blast. At the hospital, he interacted with the injured and wished them a speedy recovery. He was also briefed by officials and doctors at the hospital. Earlier, during his visit to Bhutan, the PM Modi had expressed deep sorrow over the deadly car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort and assured that the government would ensure the “strictest action” against those responsible. “A tragic incident took place in Delhi. I can understand the pain of the families who lost their loved ones,” PM Modi said in Thimphu.
Earlier in the day, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had 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. This comes a day after the Home Ministry handed over the Delhi blast investigation to the NIA. The blast occurred on the evening of November 10 when a Haryana-registered car parked near Gate No.1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens.
The NIA was handed over the case after Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took stock of the investigation and the multi-state searches being conducted in the Delhi blast case, reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve to bring the culprits to justice. Chairing a meeting at his residence with top security officials, HM Shah issued strict instructions to officials to get to the bottom of the conspiracy at the earliest.
