#DelhiBlasts : Death Toll Rises To 12 , Security Agencies Probe White Collar Terror Module ; Priyanka Kharge Lashes Out At Amit Shah Terms Him ‘ Most Incompetent Home Minister’

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The death toll in the blast near Red Fort rose to 12, with three more people succumbing to injuries, police said .

A powerful explosion ripped through a slow-moving car at a traffic signal near the Red Fort metro station on Monday evening. Till last night, nine people were confirmed to have died in the blast and 20 others were injured, officials said.

Police said three more people succumbed to injuries taking the toll to 12.

According to various media reports, Security agencies are focusing on how a sophisticated “white-collar” terror module managed to acquire and store a huge quantity of explosives, including Ammonium Nitrate, the substance suspected to have been used in Monday’s deadly blast near the Red Fort area that killed 12 people.

The attack has once again highlighted the ease with which a restricted chemical like Ammonium Nitrate can be weaponised with officials trying to trace the logistics and procurement network of the recently busted inter-state terror cell.

The Red Fort blast on Monday evening came hours after eight people, including three doctors, were arrested and 2,900 kg of explosives seized with the uncovering of a white collar terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Meanwhile , police on Tuesday investigated the Red Fort blast as a possible terror attack and zeroed in on a Pulwama doctor, who was driving the car that exploded and had links to a terror module busted with the recovery of explosives mainly from Faridabad.

Dr Umar Nabi is believed to have died in the blast that killed at least 12 people on Monday evening. On Tuesday, Jammu and Kashmir police took a DNA sample from his mother to establish the connect.

“We have taken the DNA sample in order to match with the parts found at the scene of the blast,” an official said in Srinagar.

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has  called Amit Shah the “most incompetent Home Minister” in independent India and demanded his resignation, alleging intelligence failure in the wake of the blast in Delhi that left 12 people dead.

Speaking to reporters, he questioned Centre’s accountability and asked “how many more people should die”.

The Congress leader pointed to various terror incidents across the country and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not acting against Amit Shah, who is referred as “modern Sardar Patel” by his supporters.

“There is no accountability. He (Shah) is often referred to as the modern Sardar Patel, and repeatedly claims are made about a 56-inch chest. How many more people have to lose their lives before he resigns?”

He further asked: “Why is Modi afraid to act against Amit Shah? Is he worried that his Gujarat secrets will come out in the open? There is a limit for everything, they are testing the patience of the people. In any other country, the Home Minister would have resigned by now. How many more people should die? There is intelligence failure… He should resign immediately.”

“Amit Shah is the most incompetent Home Minister in independent India. How many more people should lose their lives? Delhi, Manipur, Pulwama, Pehalgam — Have we got answers? Being a Home Minister he goes on election stage and says that Bangladeshis are infiltrating into India. Who is responsible for it? Is the opposition responsible for it?” Kharge asked.