Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that everyone found involved in the blast near Red Fort will face the full wrath of the country’s probe agencies.
Taking to social media platform X after chairing a review meeting with senior officials from security agencies, Shah instructed them to hunt down each and every culprit behind the incident.
He also took stock of the security scenario in the aftermath of the car bomb blast that took place on Monday evening claiming several lives and causing grievous injuries to many others injured and the ongoing probe.
The Union home secretary, director of Intelligence Bureau, Delhi Police commissioner, director general of the NIA were present in the meeting while Jammu and Kashmir DGP is said to have attended it virtually.
Earlier, the home minister said he was pained beyond words by the loss of lives in the blast and offered deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones.
On Monday night, he visited the blast site and met the injured in the hospital.
He said security agencies investigating the blast will soon dig out the truth behind the blast.
Meanwhile, security has been stepped up, especially across all sensitive areas, and places with heavier footfall in the national capital including railway stations, airports and the metro stations.
The authorities concerned are maintaining heightened vigil to ensure public safety and restoring normalcy.
The blast had taken place in a car near Red Fort, on the Netaji Subhash Marg signal that claimed several lives and also left people injured.