Union home minister Amit Shah (ANI photo)
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said 40 kilograms (kgs) of explosives were used in an i20 car blast near Red Fort in New Delhi.Commending the J&K police for an “excellent investigation into the explosion,” Shah said, “3 tonnes of explosives were recovered before they could detonate, and the entire team involved in conspiring this plot was apprehended before the Delhi blast could take place.””The incident in Delhi happened with 40 kilograms of explosives, while 3 tonnes of explosives were recovered before they could detonate, and the entire team involved in conspiring this plot was apprehended before the Delhi blast could take place. He said that the investigation of this entire network was carried out very effectively by all our agencies,” Shah said, according to new agency PTI.The Union home minister said that in the coming days, the government will be “bringing a plan to launch a 360-degree assault on organized crime”.He also asked DGPs of all states should implement “extremely essential” common ATS structure for police at the earliest across the country.Inaugurating the ‘Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025’ in New Delhi, Shah said: “Everyone should move forward with the principle of ‘Duty to Share’ instead of ‘Need to Know’. He said that the central agencies and state police have made good use of technology at their respective levels, but technology developed in silos and data collected in silos are like a gun without bullets. It is better if all data can communicate with each other and are created using the same technology.” He further said: “For this purpose, the Ministry of Home Affairs, NIA, and IB should hold discussions to develop a seamless national-level framework for technology and data, and should support the states in strengthening it.”The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has till now arrested nine key accused in connection with the bomb blast that killed 15 people and injured several others in the 10/11 blast.The NIA said that while working closely with various central and state agencies, the NIA continues to move with “alacrity to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the terror attack.”Earlier this month, it had conducted extensive searches at the premises of several accused and suspects in J&K and Uttar Pradesh and seized various digital devices and other incriminating materials.The Union cabinet, days after the blast, described the November 10 car blast near Lal Quila as an act of “terror” in a description that signaled acknowledgement of the terrorists’ plan to cause large-scale mayhem by striking multiple targets.The designation of “terror incident” is significant because of the anti-terror doctrine worked out by the Modi govt in the wake of the Pahalgam attack. As per the new policy, a terror attack, as the PM had spelt out in his address to the nation, is proposed to be treated and dealt with as an act of aggression against the country.However, sources have refrained from saying whether the car blast near Red Fort fulfilled the criterion and said a determination would be based on what the investigation across states might throw up. The cabinet, however, signalled its intent to use all options available to it against terror.
