New Delhi: An explosion near the Red Fort (Lal Qila) in New Delhi at around 7 pm Monday has left at least 12 dead, and several others injured. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who visited the blast site, said teams from Delhi Police Special Cell, Crime Branch, NIA, NSG and FSL were rushed to the spot and ‘no possibility is being ruled out’.
Delhi Police in a statement in the early hours of Tuesday said a case has been registered in connection with the explosion, at Kotwali police station, under sections 16 and 18 of the UAPA, besides relevant sections of the Explosives Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
What we know so far | Investigators have traced the white Hyundai i20 used in Monday’s Red Fort Metro station blast to a Pulwama-based doctor, establishing a direct link between the attack that killed at least 12 in central Delhi and raids carried out in Faridabad earlier the same day. An alert has been sounded in New Delhi and Mumbai, while police chiefs of Haryana and Gujarat have issued public appeals asking citizens to report any suspicious activity, stay away from rumours and believe only on verified information. The security apparatus in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and poll-bound Bihar has also been put on alert.
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9.30 pm: Delhi govt announces Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia for families of those killed in the Red Fort explosion, and Rs 5 lakh each for the permanently disabled and seriously injured. In a post on X, she said the tragedy has “left the entire city in shock” and extended condolences to the affected families.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the NIA to submit its report and FSL to analyse samples from the site at the earliest.
6.45 pm: Uttarakhand police launch inspections at railway stations, bus stands
Police in Uttarakhand have launched inspections at railway stations and bus stands a day after the explosion near Red Fort in Delhi claimed 12 lives.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said Tuesday that the Red Fort metro station will remain closed on 12 November in light of the situation.
5.45 pm: Probe continues at blast site
Forensic experts continue investigation at the site of the blast near the Red Fort.
5.10 pm: Shah chairs another security meet
Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a second meeting Tuesday at the Ministry of Home Affairs’ office at Kartavya Bhawan to review the security situation after the blast, hours after the first high-level meet.
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. pic.twitter.com/8UO2PYCvoh
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) November 11, 2025
3.40 pm: Siblings’ desperate search for missing rickshaw driver
It has been more than 12 hours since the brother-sister duo of Mohd Chand and Nazma Khatoon searched frantically for their sibling Mohd Jumman. They are rightly worried: His last known location is the spot of the car blast near Red Fort, which has killed at least 12 people.
When Chand heard about the explosion last night, he called his 39-year-old brother, who drives a battery rickshaw in the area, to ask about his well-being. But Jumman’s phone was unreachable.
“I called the rickshaw owner, who tracked the GPS of the rickshaw that my brother drives. The owner told me that he has been able to trace the rickshaw at the exact spot where the car exploded,” he tells ThePrint.
The last name on the list of the blast victims is ‘unknown body parts,’ a term used for those disfigured beyond recognition. The siblings fear that the remains are of their eldest brother. Shubhangi Mishra and Samridhi Tewari report.
3.15 pm: Bus conductor, Uber driver, shopkeeper—the people killed in the car blast
The 12 people who died in the blast near the Red Fort Monday include an Uber driver, a bus conductor, and a shopkeeper. Many of them were family men, and some were the sole breadwinners in their households. Read Samridhi Tewari and Shubhangi Mishra’s report.
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2.45 pm: Blast probe handed over to NIA
The National Investigation Agency has taken over the Red Fort blast probe after the security review meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah.
Meanwhile, Faridabad Police crime branch team is questioning three more doctors from Al-Falah School of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, where the key suspect Dr Umar U. Nabi worked, along with others linked to the ‘JeM-linked module’.
These doctors are also suspected to be linked to the module. Degree of involvement not known yet.
2.15 pm: Unfortunate incident, all agencies doing their work: Delhi CM
Delhi Chief Minister tells mediapersons, “We went to the hospital yesterday, and met the injured persons. The government’s support is with them, and their family should not face any problems.”
#WATCH | On Delhi blast, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says, "It was an unfortunate incident. All the agencies are doing their work. We went to the hospital yesterday and met the injured persons. The government's support is with them, and their family should not face any problems." pic.twitter.com/shwE0Rc4fp
— ANI (@ANI) November 11, 2025
1.00 pm: Bihar’s international border sealed for 72 hours
Following Monday’s blast in Delhi, the Bihar administration has decided to seal its 700-kilometre international border with Nepal in view of the ongoing assembly elections, said the state’s Director General of Police Vinay Kumar, adding that joint patrolling by state police forces is being done along the interstate borders.
DGP Kumar said, “The police is alert following the incident that occurred in Delhi yesterday, to ensure no such incident happens in Bihar.”
12.30 pm: ‘Will get to the bottom of this conspiracy’: Modi in Bhutan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that those behind the car blast would be brought to justice. “I was in touch with all the agencies investigating this incident throughout the night. Our agencies will get to the bottom of this conspiracy. The conspirators behind this will not be spared,” he said, speaking in Thimphu. The PM began his two-day visit to Bhutan Tuesday morning.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh extended his condolences over the deaths in the Red Fort blast. “I wish to assure my citizens that the country’s leading investigative agencies are conducting a swift and thorough inquiry into the incident. The findings of the investigation will soon be made public,” he said.
11.40 am: Blast death toll rises to 12
As three more individuals succumb to their injuries, the death toll now stands at 12.
11.30 am: Shah chairs high-level security review meet
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a high-level security review meeting with Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Director of the Intelligence Bureau, Director General of the National Investigation Agency, and Delhi Police Commissioner. The Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir also joined the meeting virtually.
VIDEO | Delhi blast: Union Home Minister Amit Shah (@AmitShah) reviews the security situation in the national capital and other parts of the country following the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that claimed 12 lives.
(Source: Third Party)#Delhi #DelhiBlast #RedFort pic.twitter.com/ZMkiTxtR0i
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 11, 2025
11.00 am: In eye of blast probe, a Pulwama doctor with MBBS from Srinagar
Dr Umar U. Nabi, the key suspect in the explosion near the Red Fort Metro station, had completed MBBS from Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar in 2017, ThePrint has learnt. The 36-year-old is believed to have been killed in the high-intensity blast that rocked the Red Fort area on Monday night.
The GMC link, according to the sources aware of the investigation details, was gleaned from Nabi’s medical registration.
He had worked in GMC, Anantnag as well and last worked at Faridabad’s Al-Falah School of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, the sources said. Dr Muzammil Shakeel, another terror suspect, worked in the same Faridabad hospital.
A native of Pulwama, Nabi was allegedly part of the Faridabad-Jammu and Kashmir module of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), a J&K-specific wing of al Qaeda.
Hours before the blast, the J&K police, along with its Haryana counterpart, recovered a 2,500 kg cache of IED-making material Monday from the rented premises of Shakeel at Fatehpur Taga village in Haryana’s Faridabad district.
The cache included around 360 kg of highly inflammable material, suspected to be ammonium nitrate, along with chemicals, reagents, other inflammable materials, electronic circuits, batteries, wires, remote controls, timers, and metal sheets.
Read Bismee Taskin’s report.
10.15 am: CCTV footage from Red Fort parking lot
A CCTV clip from a Red Fort parking lot, minutes before the blast Monday, shows the white Hyundai i20 that rolled up to a red light near the metro station and exploded, killing nine people.
The 1.30 minute-long video shows the car, bearing the registration number HR 26CE7674, waiting in queue to reach the toll booth. The car can then be seen reaching the point, with the driver then extending his hand to take in what appears to be a slip from the parking staff there. The time stamp shows the clip is from 6.22 pm, 10 November. The blast occurred around 6.50 pm near the traffic light close to gate number 1 of the Red Fort Metro station.
The man in the driver’s seat is not fully visible throughout the clip, except for a few seconds when he tilts his head in the direction of the booth while seemingly waiting for change. It is not clear from the footage whether there are more people in the car.
Sources in the Delhi Police said that the car was spotted by CCTV cameras at Darya Ganj, Red Fort area, Kashmere Gate, and near Sunehri Masjid. Read Bismee Taskin’s report.
9.50 am: 3 suspects held in J&K’s Pulwama
Pampore Police apprehend three suspects in connection with the Red Fort car blast. The three have been identified as Tariq Ahmed Malik, Aamir Rashid and Umar Rashid—all residents of Pulwama district.
9.40 am: Lal Qila Metro Station to remain closed
The Red Fort Metro Station will remain closed until further announcement “due to security reasons”, with all other stations functional as usual.
Service Update
Lal Qila Metro Station is closed due to security reasons. All other stations are functional as normal.
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) November 11, 2025
9.30 am: Home Minister to chair security review meet at 11 am
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level security review meeting at Kartavya Bhawan in New Delhi at 11 am. Union Home Secretary, Director of Intelligence Bureau, Delhi Police Commissioner and Director General of National Investigation Agency will attend the meeting. Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir will join the meeting virtually.
9.15 am: 4 taken into custody after night-long raids in Paharganj, Daryaganj
Teams of Delhi Police carried out an extensive night-long search operation across hotels in Paharganj, Daryaganj, and nearby areas. Four individuals were taken into custody for questioning.
8.15 am: Forensic team, security personnel at blast site
Early morning visuals from the site of the Red Fort car blast:
#WATCH | Delhi: Visuals from the spot where a blast occurred in a Hyundai i20 car near the Red Fort at around 7 pm yesterday. Eight people died in the blast.
A team of FSL and security personnel are present here. pic.twitter.com/5GkWPXXOqq
— ANI (@ANI) November 11, 2025
7.45 am: Delhi Police invoke UAPA, Explosive Substances Act in blast FIR
Delhi Police invoke Sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Sections 3 and 4 of Explosive Substances Act, along with sections pertaining to murder and attempt to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Read Mayank Kumar’s report.
6 am: Delhi blast linked to Faridabad explosives recovery?
The explosion near Red Fort metro stration is believed to have occurred in a moving Hyundai i20 car, with occupants inside, and not a parked vehicle as was initially suspected.
Mohsin Ali, a local resident, told ThePrint at the blast site he heard a loud thud. “When I reached, the fire had spread and consumed everything. After the first explosion, two more cars burst into flames.” Another local resident who was at the blast site Monday evening said body parts were strewn across the road in the aftermath of the explosion.
As ThePrint reported earlier, investigators are probing if the Delhi blast was linked to the cache of arms and explosives material recovered from Faridabad earlier Monday. Two doctors from Kashmir were arrested in connection with the recovery. Meanwhile, the office of Gujarat DGP Vikas Sahay wrote on X that even though the “exact reason for the blast in Red Fort area of Delhi has not been confirmed so far,” the Gujarat Police is on high alert.
Haryana DGP O.P. Singh wrote on X that the state has been put on high alert, and that “any suspicious person or unclaimed object” can be reported to 112.
