Native of Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha among 13 killed in Delhi Red Fort blast

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Police unit   astatine  the cordoned disconnected  country  successful  presumption    of the blast that occurred adjacent   Red Fort Metro Station connected  Monday, sidesplitting  13 radical   and gutting respective  vehicles, successful  New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025

Police unit astatine the cordoned disconnected country successful presumption of the blast that occurred adjacent Red Fort Metro Station connected Monday, sidesplitting 13 radical and gutting respective vehicles, successful New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI

Thirty four-year-old DTC autobus conductor, Ashok Kumar, a autochthonal of Amroha district, was among the 13 radical who mislaid their lives successful the high-intensity detonation adjacent Delhi's Red Fort.

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He was returning aft finishing enactment erstwhile a slow-moving car exploded adjacent the postulation awesome adjacent Red Fort metro station.

Thirteen radical person truthful acold died successful the blast, with galore much injured. It shattered the model panes of vehicles parked respective metres distant and the solid panels of the Red Fort metro station.

Kumar was surviving with his household successful a rented location astatine Jagatpuri, New Delhi, and worked arsenic a conductor with the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) that provides autobus services successful the nationalist capital, constabulary said.

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Circle Officer Hasanpur Deep Pant said that the assemblage of Ashok Kumar volition beryllium brought to Amroha for past rites.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath connected Monday (November 10) ordered the constabulary to stay connected precocious alert successful the aftermath of a blast astatine Red Fort.

The Chief Minister sought details of the incidental from Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna, an authoritative connection issued present said.

Mr. Krishna issued a bid of instructions to territory constabulary chiefs, asking them to enactment connected the crushed and personally supervise information astatine delicate and crowded areas.

Quick Response Teams (QRT), Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), weaponry disposal squads, and canine squads person been kept connected standby, portion ft patrol has been intensified, helium said.

Police person been told to guarantee strict checking of vehicles and support a vigilant oculus astatine metro stations, autobus stands, railway stations, malls, and cinemas without causing inconvenience to the public, the DGP said successful his directive.

Real-time investigation of CCTV feeds and progressive engagement of quality and section accusation networks person been ordered to guarantee punctual reporting of immoderate suspicious persons oregon activities.

Published - November 11, 2025 02:54 p.m. IST

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