“Suddenly a loud explosion… my vehicle’s windows were all broken,” says Delhi blast eyewitness

An eyewitness recounted the aftermath of an explosion near Gate 1 of the Red Fort Metro station in the national capital on Monday evening.

Eight people succumbed to injuries before reaching the hospital, while seven others are undergoing treatment, three of them in serious condition, said a senior official of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, told ANI.

Rajiv Choudhary, Bus driver, recounted the incident, saying, “All the vehicles were moving slowly on the road. Suddenly, a loud explosion happened, my vehicle’s windows were all broken, and I flew into the air… I couldn’t see who was in the vehicle that was engulfed in fire… beside my vehicle, I saw one dead body… police reached immediately.”

Eyewitness Yasin Hussain, who was travelling from Kashmere Gate, said he fainted aft