Lakhs of people hailing from different tribal communities across the country took out their respective processions in Delhi to reach the iconic Red Fort grounds to celebrate Birsa Munda's 150th birth anniversary.
The NIA has extended the custody of Zamir Ahmed Ahangar and Tufail Ahmad Shah as the probe into the Red Fort blast intensifies. Authorities are investigating their links to arms supply and the militant group Ansar Ghazawat Ul Hind.
For further investigations, the arrested persons are being handed over to the Delhi Police, as the preliminary findings suggest that the suspects were plotting attacks in different parts of the country.
Sood said that lakhs of people, including President Droupadi Murmu, several Union ministers, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and members of her cabinet, paid obeisance to Guru Tegh Bahadur during the three-day event organised by the Delhi government at the Red Fort.
All gates of the Lal Quila Metro Station have reopened for commuters, five days after the deadly Delhi blast at the Subhash Marg traffic signal near the Red Fort, which claimed the lives of 12 people.
The investigation into the car blast near Red Fort has taken a significant turn after forensic teams recovered three cartridges, two live and one empty, of 9mm calibre from the scene, sources have said.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) on Saturday announced the expulsion of the doctors alleged to be involved in the Delhi blast near the Red Fort.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday visited Srinivaspuri to meet Jagdish Kataria, father of Amar Kataria, who was killed in the recent explosion that took place in a car near Red Fort on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, the national capital remains on high alert following Monday’s Red Fort explosion. Security checks have been intensified across Delhi with police and paramilitary forces deployed in large numbers at all major entry and exit points.
According to officials, the calls started pouring in shortly after news of the explosion spread, reflecting the heightened fear and anxiety across the city.
