A powerful blast, just a few metres away from Lal Qila metro station gate no. 4 on Monday evening, killed at least eight people on the spot, injured several others, and severely damaged more than ten cars. The explosion occurred around 7pm, ripping through a radius of nearly 20 metres, burning moving vehicles on the road and shattering windows of nearby shops and also the metro station.

Blood pooled on the road, parts of vehicles lay scattered, and shattered glass littered the stretch. The police sealed the area, as Delhi Police Special Cell, forensic teams, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the National Security Guard (NSG) bomb disposal squads and investigative teams examined the site. A white Wagon R, one of the vehicles positioned just a few paces from the centre of the blast,

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