Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Death toll now 13; Amit Shah to chair high-level meet soon

DElhi red river fort up blare unrecorded Updates: A blare in a car near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi on Monday evening killed at least eight people and injured more than 20, according to officials. With the investigation underway, authorities have closed the historic Red Fort to visitors for the next three days.Eyewitnesses, shopkeepers, and those nearby the scene of the blast shared that the explosion was of high intensity, causing windows to shatter and buildings to tremble.As per Delhi Police, a slow-moving vehicle stopped at a red light near Red Fort minutes before the explosion. "At around 6.52 PM, a slow-moving vehicle stopped at the red light. An explosion happened in that vehicle, and due to the explosion, nearby vehicles were also damaged,” Delhi police commissioner Satish Golcha said.In his first remarks since the blast, union home minister Amit Shah stated that the blast occurred in an i20 car. "This evening, around 7 pm, a blast occurred in a Hyundai i20 car at the Subhash Marg traffic signal near the Red Fort in Delhi. The blast injured some pedestrians and damaged some vehicles. Preliminary reports indicate that some people have lost their lives," said Shah, adding that all angles related to the blast are being probed by teams from Delhi Police, NIA, NSG, and forensic services.Teams from the National Security Guard (NSG), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the forensic department reached the site of the explosion to assess the situation and ascertain the cause of the blast. As the investigation continues, police have detained two men, who are said to have been the previous owners of the i29 car.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have been briefed about the blast and have taken stock of the situation, government sources told HT.As per the Delhi Fire Department, multiple calls regarding a car blast were made around 6:55 PM. Following this, seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire.As the probe into the last continues, union home minister Amit Shah will be chairing a high-level meeting around 9:30 AM on Tuesday regarding the blastDelhi blast | What we know about the Red Fort car blast - A Hyundai i20 car is believed to have triggered Monday’s deadly blast near the Red Fort and was parked for nearly two hours at a lot adjacent to the monument before it exploded while moving slowly on Netaji Subhash Marg, investigators familiar with the initial probe said on Monday.Police used CCTV footage to trace the car’s movement in the final few hours in the build-up to the deadly explosion. They said the footage shows the car, with three occupants, heading from the Daryaganj Market towards the Sunehri Masjid parking lot beside the Red Fort on Shantivan Marg around 4pm.About two hours later, it was seen leaving the parking lot, taking a U-turn near Old Delhi Railway Station, and proceeding towards Lower Subhash Marg.The car bore a Haryana registration number and was last registered to a man in Gurugram, but had changed hands several times in recent weeks, another investigator said.As the investigation continues, the Red Fort has been closed for visitors for the next three days.