The Day of the Red Fort Car Blast

The media's focus shifted dramatically to an explosion near Delhi's Red Fort. Early afternoon reports detailed a car blast, initially with one fatality, escalating to eight deaths and 24 injuries by mid-afternoon, prompting high alerts across Delhi, Mumbai, and Uttar Pradesh. The Home Minister confirmed an investigation into the incident, which occurred in a slow-moving i20 car. Later reports linked the vehicle to a doctor in Pulwama, with connections to earlier seizures of bomb-making chemicals and ammonium nitrate in Faridabad. This development overshadowed earlier reports of widespread air pollution in Delhi and the ongoing arrests of doctors involved in terror plots across the country.