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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has assembled a special team of ten officers to probe the explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station.
The 10-member special team, led by NIA ADG Vijay Sakhare, will include an IG, two DIGs, three SPs, and the remaining DSP-level officers, sources said on Wednesday.
This comes just a day after the Home Ministry handed over the Delhi explosion inquiry to the NIA.
On the evening of November 10, a Haryana-registered automobile parked at Gate No.1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded, killing at least eight and injuring scores.
The case was turned over to the NIA after Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the investigation and multi-state searches in the Delhi bomb case on Tuesday, reaffirming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s determination to bring the perpetrators to justice.
HM Shah chaired a conference at his residence with top security officials, issuing severe instructions to officials to investigate the conspiracy as soon as possible.
More than 1,000 CCTV camera clips are being analyzed by investigators, who believe the car explosion was a suicide strike intended to cause the most damage, according to Delhi Police sources.
Investigators are also monitoring social media activity and collecting cell phone dump data from several sites in Delhi.
According to police sources, dump data is being retrieved from all mobile phones that were active in and around the Red Fort area. This data may help identify phone numbers and communication links connected to the car bombing.
HM Shah has also directed the NIA, IB, and Delhi Police Special Cell to work in tandem, vowing, “No stone will be left unturned”.
High-level alerts have been issued in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Mumbai, with increased security around busy public places and religious institutions.
Source: IANS
