Delhi Blast News Live: Police On High Alert, Checking Continues In National Capital
The Delhi Police has been put on high alert, and massive checking drives are being carried out across the national capital. Police personnel, along with paramilitary forces, are deployed in the city.
Delhi Blast News Live: Security Checks At Ghazipur, Singhu, Tikri, Badarpur
Senior police officers are personally supervising the security checks at interstate borders, including Ghazipur, Singhu, Tikri, and Badarpur. Vehicles are being checked randomly at markets, metro stations, railway terminals and bus stands to ensure that no suspicious movement goes unnoticed.
A senior police officer said that all district units and specialised wings have been directed to remain on alert and increase patrolling in crowded areas, especially near tourist spots, malls and religious places.
Delhi Blast News Live: Police On High Alert
The Delhi Police has been put on high alert and massive checking drives are being carried out across the national capital.
Police personnel, along with paramilitary forces, are deployed in large numbers at all the entry and exit points of Delhi. Vehicles entering and leaving the city are being thoroughly checked as part of the intensified security measures, they said.
Delhi Blast News Live: 22-Year-Old Victim Drove Taxi To Feed His Family In Bihar
Another deceased, 22-year-old Pankaj Sahni, drove a taxi in the capital to feed his family in Bihar. His uncle, Ramdev Sahni, said he heard about his death through a phone call from Kotwali Police Station in Delhi.
"He drove a taxi for three years. We were told the back of his head was blown off. The car, a WagonR, was completely damaged," Sahni said while waiting outside the mortuary.
Family members of Pankaj Sahni, a Delhi resident who lost his life in the Red Fort blast, perform rituals during his last rites at a cremation ground, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)
Delhi Blast News Live: Red Fort Blast Victim Worked In Delhi To Support His Family
Among the victims was 32-year-old Dinesh Mishra of Ganeshpur village in Shravasti district, who had been working at a printing press in Delhi's Chawri Bazar to support his wife and three children.
His father, Bhure Mishra, recalled the time Dinesh came home for Diwali.
"He was a hardworking man. He wanted to give his children a good education. We still can't believe he is gone," Bhure said, his voice breaking as neighbours gathered to console the family.
Delhi Blast News Live: Two Cartridges, Explosives Among Over 40 Samples Collected
Two cartridges, including a live ammunition, and samples of two different types of explosives are among more than 40 samples that have been collected by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team from the blast site near the Red Fort, officials said on Wednesday.
