While there have been at least 46 major terror attacks in India (excluding Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states) in the last two decades, Monday’s blast near the Red Fort in New Delhi was the first one in the national capital in well over a decade.

The November 10 blast is yet to be officially termed a terror incident; however, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called it a “conspiracy”, while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said “those responsible for this tragedy will be brought to justice and will not be spared under any circumstances.”

Home Minister Amit Shah said Monday, “It is difficult to say what caused the incident. Until the samples recovered from the blast site are analysed by forensic authorities and NSG, we can’t say anything. But we are not ruling out any

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