New Delhi: Still reeling from the Red Fort blast, Jagdish Kataria, father of victim Amar Kataria—a Chandni Chowk businessman—recalled his son’s final phone call made just ten minutes before the explosion. He shared emotional details of their last conversation and the traumatic hours that followed the deadly blast near Red Fort.
The 34-year-old, who owned a pharmaceutical company and was well-known for his love of riding and travel, was married four years ago and had a kid who was three years old.
Speaking to IANS, Jagdish Kataria said, “Just ten minutes before the incident, my son had called me. We were planning to go out with the family that day. He had left his shop, and we were about to leave home. While we were on our way to the Ashram, I asked my daughter to call him again, but his phone didn’t connect. Then, a woman answered the call and said she had found the phone near the Red Fort, where a blast had just occurred.”
He continued, “The woman told me to collect my son’s photo from Kashmere Gate. After that, I tried calling him again from another number, but there was no response. I then called his business partner, who went searching for him. Meanwhile, we also reached Daryaganj, but there was heavy police barricading, and we couldn’t go inside. His wife rushed ahead to check, while the rest of us waited outside, unaware of what had really happened.”
Jagdish further added, “Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi CM Rekha Gupta were present at the spot, so we couldn’t get any information at first. Later, after they left, we were told what had happened. Early the next morning, around 5 a.m., we brought back our son’s body.”
He also added, “My son was just 34 years old. He was married four years ago and had a three-year-old son. I want justice now. So many innocent people lost their lives. Terrorism is spreading — today it was my son, tomorrow it could be someone else’s.”
Investigators looking into the Delhi Red Fort explosion have found a notebook and journal in the rooms of Dr Muzammil and Dr Umar Mohammad at Al Falah University in Faridabad, which has important information about how the terror act was planned. The suspects, according to officials, had been plotting for a long time as part of a more extensive, well-thought-out scheme.
The diaries found on Tuesday and Wednesday from Dr Umar’s room number 4 and Dr Muzammil’s room number 13 are anticipated to provide answers to a number of important blast-related questions, according to investigative agencies.
The Hyundai i20 automobile that detonated near Red Fort on November 10, killing eight people and injuring at least twenty more, was driven by Dr. Umar Mohammad, a senior physician at Al Falah University, according to the investigators.
DNA test findings definitively proved Umar’s identity, according to Delhi Police sources. There is no question that he was inside the car when the explosion occurred because his DNA samples 100% matched those of his mother and brother. Teeth, clothing, and pieces of bone that were retrieved from the wrecked car were used to extract the DNA.
Around 6:52 p.m. on November 10, there was a strong explosion that sent shockwaves through the nation’s capital and prompted security alarms. There are major worries about the breach of the high-security area surrounding the Red Fort because the explosion occurred near one of India’s most famous attractions.
The Delhi Police Special Cell’s investigation was formally taken over by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) after the incident. To track down the entire network responsible for the attack, NIA officials have roped off the area and are performing thorough forensic analyses of the debris, including bomb remnants, car parts, and digital data.
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