A huge cache of explosives was seized from a rented house in Faridabad’s Sector 56 on Tuesday. This comes just a day after at least 13 people were killed in a deadly blast near Delhi’s Red Fort.
Video clips released by news agencies showed the explosives seized by officials, which were in a blue wrapper. Authorities have launched a detailed investigation into the matter, PTI reported.
Explosion in Delhi
At least 13 people were killed in a high-intensity explosion that tore through a slow-moving Hyundai i20 near Red Fort in central Delhi on Monday evening, November 10.
The explosion occurred between 18:50 and 19:00 on Monday, November 10, and the capital and other states were put on high alert.
A preliminary assessment by security agencies revealed that the blast may have been caused by panic and desperation following raids conducted by security agencies at multiple locations in Delhi-NCR and Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama to nab suspects believed to be part of a terror cell, as per a PTI report. The suspects did not follow the usual pattern of a suicide bombing — neither driving their car into their target nor crashing intentionally, the sources said.
On Tuesday, after the blast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting to review security. The Home Secretary previously said “all options are being looked at and a thorough investigation will be carried out which will take all options into account”.
During the meeting, sources said the officials learned that they discussed the recovery of the explosive device from a house in Faridabad on Monday as it appears to be linked, ANI reported.
Explosives recovered from Faridabad
On Monday, hours before the blast, Jammu and Kashmir police in coordination with Haryana police recovered 360 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate and 2,900 kg of IED-making materials, including chemicals, detonators and wires, from an apartment in Faridabad.
Police identified and arrested Dr Muzammil Shakil as the tenant of the Dhauj residence where explosives and weapons were discovered. Shakil is an MBBS graduate.
During a press conference, Faridabad Police Commissioner Satender Kumar Gupta said that Shakil, whose name appeared in the news with different spellings, taught at Al Falah University in Dhauj, ANI reported.
Among those arrested on Monday were Dr. Muzammil Ganaie and Dr. Shaheen Sayeed, both linked to obtaining 360 kg of ammonium nitrate.
