A quiet evening at Delhi's Red Fort area turned into chaos within seconds after a slow-moving car exploded near the metro station on Monday.

The blast tore through the air, shattering glass windows, shaking nearby homes, and leaving behind a trail of screams, smoke, and silence.

Among the dead were people whose only fault was being at the wrong place at the wrong time—a father, a son, a breadwinner, and a friend. Each carried dreams that ended on a street they took every day.

One of them was Ashok Kumar Singh, 34, a DTC bus conductor from Mangrola village in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.

Another life lost was Lokesh Agarwal, also from Amroha. A small trader, Lokesh had come to Delhi for work and was preparing to return home when the tragedy struck. His body now lies at the Maulana Azad Medica

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