"Will Get To Root Of Conspiracy": PM's Message From Bhutan On Delhi 10/11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the "conspirators" behind the deadly blast near Delhi's iconic Red Fort "won't be spared".
A powerful blast ripped through a slow-moving car at a traffic signal near the Red Fort metro station on Monday evening, killing nine people and leaving 20 others injured
"Our agencies will get to the bottom of this conspiracy. The conspirators behind this will not be spared. All those responsible will be brought to justice," he said while speaking in Bhutan's Thimphu.
"Today I come here with a heavy heart. The horrific incident that occurred in Delhi yesterday evening has saddened everyone. I understand the grief of the affected families. Today the entire nation stands with them," PM Modi, who kicked off his two-day visit to Bhutan this morning, said.
He said he was in touch "throughout last night" with all the agencies investigating the incident.
The blast occurred at 6:52 pm and left many vehicles damaged.
Sources said that Umar Mohammad, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, owned the car, a white Hyundai i20, and is believed to have been driving the car when the blast was triggered.
Umar, a doctor by profession, has also been a member of a radical doctors' group that coordinated on Telegram and has links to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Pakistan-based terror group, sources said.
A man named Tariq from Pulwama is said to have given the car to Umar. Tariq is now also under police custody.
Hours before the blast in Delhi, the police recovered 2,900 kg of explosives and inflammable material from two rented rooms of a Kashmiri doctor, Muzammil Shakeel, in Haryana's Faridabad.
Shakeel and another Kashmiri doctor, Adeel Ahmad Rathe, are among eight people arrested for allegedly being part of a "white-collar terror" module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanning Kashmir, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
The 2,900 kg of explosive material recovered in Faridabad included ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and sulphur.
A link has now also emerged between the blast near Red Fort and the "white-collar" terror module. Umar has also been a part of the module, sources said.
"Operation Sindoor Is On": Government Sources
Operation Sindoor, which was launched on May 7 in response to a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, is currently "on", the government sources said.
"Any act of terror would be considered an act of war against India. Operation Sindoor is on," they said.
The Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor after finding cross-border links to the April 22 Pahalgam attack, in which 26 civilians were shot dead.
The security forces struck multiple terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), killing over 100 terrorists.
Pakistan then launched a massive missile and drone attack, which was intercepted by India. In retaliation, India struck airfields in Pakistan. A ceasefire was announced on May 10.
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