Red Fort blast after effect: Explosion-like sound creates panic near Mahipalpur Radisson Hotel, turns out to be tyre burst

Panic briefly gripped Delhi’s Mahipalpur area on Thursday morning after a loud sound was heard near the Radisson Hotel, just three days after the Red Fort car blast that killed 12 people and injured several others.

The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) received a call around 9:19 a.m. reporting a “blast-like” sound, following which three fire tenders were rushed to the spot, PTI reported.

“Even after extensive checking, the officers found nothing at the spot,” the fire official added.


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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel said the caller who reported the incident was later contacted. “The caller was contacted and he informed that while he was on the way to Gurugram, a loud noise was heard. We checked everything and nothing was found,” PTI quoted Goel as saying.

“During local enquiry, a guard informed that the rear tyre of a DTC bus going towards Dhaula Kuan had burst and the sound came from that,” the DCP added.

He further assured residents that the situation is normal and there is nothing to worry about.

The incident occurred amid heightened alert in the national capital following Monday’s car explosion near the Red Fort, which the government has termed a terrorist attack. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is currently probing that case, believed to be linked to a Jaish-e-Mohammad module.

Security has been tightened around key installations and public places across Delhi and neighbouring states in the wake of the Red Fort blast.