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A deadly car explosion in New Delhi is being investigated under an anti-terrorism law
Investigations focus on links to Pakistan-based militant groups and a 'white-collar terror network' involving professionals, with eight dead and 20 injured near Delhi's Red Fort.
- Near the Red Fort, a slow-moving car exploded before 7pm, killing at least eight; deputy police commissioner Raja Banthia said that Delhi police had registered a case under the Unlawful Activities Act.
- Following raids in Kashmir and other states, authorities arrested seven men including two doctors in a 'white-collar terror ecosystem' probe linked to Jaish-e-Muhammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, while 360 kilograms of ammonium nitrate were seized in Faridabad city before the blast.
- A police statement said the vehicle was a Hyundai i20 that exploded just before 7pm, triggering fires that engulfed nearby cars and left mangled wreckage on an Old Delhi congested street near a metro station.
- On Tuesday, authorities placed major facilities on alert, shutting the Red Fort metro station while relatives gathered at Lok Nayak Hospital to identify bodies and family members in Kashmir provided DNA samples.
- India accused Pakistan‑linked militants, blaming Islamist terrorists, a charge Islamabad denied, while the blast was the first in the city since 2011 and Kashmir raids detained about 500 people.
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Indian government calls deadly car explosion a terror attack by 'anti-national forces'
Earlier Wednesday, authorities said several suspects had been arrested in the disputed Kashmir region as part of the investigation into the blast Monday near the historic Red Fort monument that killed eight people and injured several others.
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