Red Fort Blast: DTC conductor, job seeker, businessman among 13 identified victims; families in pain

Delhi Red Fort Blast: Someone came to see off family, some just happened to be there when a car exploded near Red Fort metro station gate number 1 in Delhi on Monday evening. It was an intense blast that damaged many nearby cars, and even the glasses at the metro station. Thirteen people lost their lives. Eyewitnesses describe the scene as a horrifying one. Many saw body parts scattered as they tried to run for safety. Soon after, an high alert was issued for the entire Delhi-NCR.

“I was about 200 meters away when I heard the blast. Initially, I thought there was an LPG fire. When I went closer, I saw dead bodies and fire in 2–3 vehicles…” an eyewitness said.

“When I arrived, the situation was such that body parts were scattered everywhere…” said a man after the car explosion.

The blast is being linked to the Faridabad’s ‘white collar’ terror module that the Jammu and Kashmir police and Haryana police busted in a joint operation. Part of the operative, the driver Umar Mohammad allegedly carried out the attack in panic. 

While multiple agencies have begun a thorough probe into the incident and a high alert has been issued for all the railway stations and airports, there are families that are devastated. The sudden tragedy has left them in mourning for their friends and families. 

Families in pain as 13 die in red fort car blast

Ashok, a contractual conductor with the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and his friend Lokesh Agrawal, a fertilizer seller, died in the blast on Monday. At their homes in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, it is just pain. Women are seen crying, so are kids as they try to make peace with the news.

Ashok’s brother, Devendra Kumar, said, “He was a DTC conductor in Delhi. After completing his duty, he was going home. This was the rented room he stayed in. He has children, two daughters and one son…” The family is in trouble, the children in shock.

“There were only two earning members in the family, we don’t know how we will survive without them,” the relative added.

A man was searching for his missing brother after the blast. Speaking to the media, he said, “He (his brother Pankaj) had come to the station to drop off his relatives and was on his way home when this incident occurred, in which he became a victim.”

Nouman, a resident of Jhijnhana in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, was among the victims. He worked in the cosmetics business and had come to Delhi to collect supplies

A relative of another deceased said, “Dinesh Kumar Mishra was my nephew and he used to work here…His body has been sent for post-mortem…”

Mohsin didn’t know his search for a job would be this fateful. A resident of Meerut, he came to the national capital with a dream of employment. He died in the blast.

His mother is broken. “He had come from Meerut to Delhi in search of employment. Here, he used to drive an e-rickshaw. Our Daughter-in-law called and informed us about the incident,” she said.

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