Lucknow: The six people from Uttar Pradesh, who were among the 12 dead in Monday’s terror blast near Red Fort in Delhi, included a shopkeeper from Shamli district and two friends from Amroha district besides a printing press worker and an autorickshaw driver.

According to reports, Lokesh Agarwal and Ashok Agarwal, both residents of Amroha district, were friends and were seriously injured in the blast. They succumbed to their injuries on the way to hospital.

Reports said that Lokesh had gone to Delhi to visit an ailing relative. He later called Ashok to the Red Fort Metro station on Monday evening. They were to go to Anand Vihar Bus Terminus to board a bus home but fell victim to the terror blast.

Another victim of the blast, Dinesh Mishra was a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti dist

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