The Red Fort in New Delhi was placed on high alert on Saturday after authorities received a bomb threat. The call prompted an immediate security response, and police carried out a thorough search and sanitisation of the historic monument. According to officials, the threat call was first made to the Mumbai Police Control Room. The caller claimed that the Red Fort would be blown up. Mumbai Police immediately alerted the Delhi Police Control Room, which then informed the North District Police to take action.
After an extensive search of the area, police found no explosives or suspicious objects. Officials later confirmed that the bomb threat was a hoax.
Has the Red Fort Faced Security Threats Before?
The latest bomb scare comes months after a major terror related incident near the Red Fort. In November last year, a powerful vehicle borne improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near the Red Fort Metro Station, killing 15 people and injuring several others. Investigators later identified the driver as Umar-un-Nabi, a doctor associated with Al-Falah University in Faridabad. According to investigators, he allegedly triggered the blast after learning that security agencies had arrested key members of the terror module he was linked to and recovered a large quantity of explosives.
The investigation found that several accused were linked to a terror module associated with Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organisation. The group allegedly included educated professionals, some of whom were connected to Al-Falah University. Security agencies arrested multiple suspects from Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh as part of the investigation.
Were There Other Recent Terror Plots?
In May this year, the Delhi Police’s Special Cell arrested nine people allegedly linked to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
According to police, the accused were planning attacks on key locations in Delhi, Mumbai, and other cities. Investigators said their alleged targets included airports, railway stations, power plants, nuclear facilities, and security personnel.
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