INDIA CONFIRMS DELHI BLAST “TERROR INCIDENT”, SAYS PERPETRATED BY “ANTI-NATIONAL FORCES”

Thu 13 November 2025:

Two days after the deadly car explosion outside Red Fort in Old Delhi that claimed 13 lives, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday said it was a “heinous terror incident, perpetrated by anti-national forces”, the first official confirmation from the government.

Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cabinet observed a two-minute silence in memory of those killed in the blast on the evening of November 10. The explosion, which authorities said was caused by a suspected improvised explosive device, left multiple people dead and several others injured.

The Cabinet directs that the investigation into the incident be pursued with the utmost urgency and professionalism so that the perpetrators, their collaborators, and their sponsors are identified and brought to justice without delay.

“The situation continues to be closely monitored at the highest levels of the government,” the presser said.

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While the National Investigation Agency is leading the probe into the deadly blast, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have reportedly detained over 500 people in connection with the incident.

The cabinet did not release any new evidence, but authorities had previously said that police were investigating under a stringent “anti-terrorism” law, giving them broader powers to arrest people in connection with Monday’s blast, which killed at least 13 people.

If the attack on 17th-century Red Fort, a Mughal-era monument that stands as a symbol of political power across the country, is confirmed as deliberate, it would be the deadliest such blast in India’s populous capital since 2011.

Kashmir police carried out raids at hundreds of locations in the Himalayan region, detaining about 500 people, a Kashmir police source told the news agency Reuters. Most were released after questioning, the source said.

Those raids came hours after police in the Jammu and Indian-administered Kashmir federal territory said they had arrested seven men, including two doctors, in connection with a separate “anti-terror” probe.

Police are now investigating a possible connection between the seven men arrested and the driver of the car that exploded, according to the Reuters news agencies, citing three sources.

A Kashmir police statement alleged that the men, part of “a white-collar terror ecosystem”, were linked to Pakistan-based groups Jaish-e-Muhammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.

The government has not blamed any outfit or country for the attack. The DNA samples of Dr Umar Nabi Bhat, who allegedly drove the i20 car involved in the blast near Red Fort, have matched with those of his mother’s, PTI and ANI reported.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in an anti-Indian uprising there since 1989, although violence has tapered off in recent years.

In April, 26 men were killed in an attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on what it called “terrorists” backed by Pakistan, a charge denied by Islamabad.

The crisis led to the worst military conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades before they agreed to a ceasefire after four days.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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