A car blew up near the historic Red Fort in India's capital New Delhi, killing at least eight people, police said, adding that the cause remained unclear.

The arrested student has been identified as Nisar Alam. Though his family has been residing in Ludhiana, Punjab, for some time, their ancestral home remains in Dalkhola.

An explosion in a car on 10 November killed 13 people and injured several others near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi. Investigators have now found parallels with the 2011 Delhi HC bombing.

Delhi Police's special cell has filed a new FIR under UAPA, investigating a deeper conspiracy behind the Red Fort car blast. Intelligence suggests a p

Security forces have demolished the Pulwama residence of Umar Mohammed, also known as Umar un-Nabi, who triggered the car bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, NDTV reported. The action was carried out early on Friday (14 November) morning, with security forces supervising the demolition of the doctor’s home in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

New Delhi, Cyber fraudsters are exploiting public curiosity surrounding the recent blast near the Red Fort by circulating malicious files through messages claiming to contain "blast-related evidence", police sources said on Friday.

According to sources, DNA samples from Dr Umar Nabi Bhat’s mother were collected in Pulwama, and brought to Delhi to be matched with unidentified bodies kept at Lok Nayak Hospital.