‘All angles being probed, cause will be known soon’: Home Minister Amit Shah on Delhi blast

Hours after Delhi was put on high alert following a blast near the Red Fort, which killed nine people, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that all angles are being probed. He visited the people who were injured in the blast at the LNJP hospital.

Accompanied by the Delhi police commissioner, Shah told the media that the cause of the explosion is being probed. “Forensic analysis needs to be done to find out the material that caused the explosion,” he said. When asked about the possibility of a terrorist attack, he said that all angles are being considered and a thorough probe is underway.

He said that senior officials of the forensic wing and other departments are at the site and the cause of the explosion could be ascertained soon. Shah then headed to the site of the explosion and held discussions with the officials of the security agencies.

The government has not made any official declaration on the terror angle to the car blast in Delhi so far. Speculations were rife about links to another incident in which a joint operation of the Jammu and Kashmir police and Haryana police busted a terror module connected to banned terrorist organisations. The government officials have not established any links of this incident with the Delhi blasts.