In this screengrab from a video on November 10, 2025, flames rise after a blast occurred in a parked car near Red Fort, leaving multiple vehicles in flames, in New Delhi, on November 10, 2025.
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Following a high-intensity explosion near the Red Fort Metro Station in Delhi on Monday (November 10, 2025) evening that killed at least eight people, police units across Telangana were placed on high alert as part of the standard security protocol.
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A senior officer from the DGP office said that as per procedure, all city police commissioners and district Superintendents of Police were immediately alerted and instructed to deploy Blue Colts and other field units to maintain heightened vigilance. The move aims to ensure that no local panic or misinformation spreads in the aftermath of the Delhi blast.
According to the Delhi Fire Department, the explosion occurred near Gate Number 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station and set several parked cars ablaze. “Eight of them died before reaching the hospital,” the medical superintendent of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital told local media.
The fire, which erupted shortly after the blast, spread rapidly, engulfing nearby vehicles and creating chaos in the area. Security agencies are investigating the cause and nature of the explosion, which led to immediate deployment of bomb disposal and forensic teams at the site.
Published – November 10, 2025 09:36 pm IST
