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.
A Pulwama-based doctor suspected to be driving the car that exploded near Delhi’s Red Fort was linked to a terror module spanning multiple states. The NIA has taken over the investigation, and his father has been detained for questioning as security remains tight across the capital.
According to police, the blast took place near Gate 1 of the Red Fort Metro station. A high alert has been sounded across Delhi following the incident.
Among Delhi’s 11 protected monuments, other notable sites such as Jantar Mantar, Safdarjung’s Tomb, Hauz Khas Complex, Old Fort, Firoz Shah Kotla Fort, Tughlaqabad Fort, Khan-e-Khana Tomb, and Sultan Ghari Tomb also attracted thousands of visitors.
The Red Fort, built by Shah Jahan as a symbol of imperial splendour and since 1947 the ceremonial heart of independent India, is silently darkening.
Modi warned that infiltrators pose a threat to national security, unity, and integrity, while sowing seeds of social tension.
