The owner of a car involved in an explosion in the Indian capital Delhi that killed 9 people has been arrested.
NDTV reports 20 people are injured after a blast in a car near Red Fort.
The blast took place in a Hyundai i20 car at 6.52pm (local time) near the Red Fort Metro Station, leaving mangled bodies and wrecked cars scattered in the busy area.
Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha says the blast took place in a slow-moving vehicle that came to a halt at the Red Fort traffic signal.
He says there were occupants in the car and the blast damaged cars nearby.
The Delhi Fire Services says a high alert has been sounded in Delhi.
Twenty fire engines were rushed to the spot with police cordoning off the area.
The anti-terror squad and Delhi Police Special Cell are on the spot to assess the situation.
Visuals of the incident showed plumes of fire billowing from the burning cars.
Panic gripped the area that was swarming with a huge crowd of people.
The blast came hours after Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered nearly 3,000 kg of explosives from two residential buildings in Faridabad in Haryana.
The materials – which included 350kg of ammonium nitrate, a commonly-used fertiliser that can be turned into a deadly bomb - were seized based on intel from arrested J&K-based doctor, Adil Rather.
Source: NDTV
