New Delhi: The powerful explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday evening, which tore through a busy intersection and killed nine people, has left survivors and their families shattered and fearful. Among the 20 injured are 28-year-old Ankush Sharma and 20-year-old Rahul Kaushik, two friends whose evening visit to a temple turned into a nightmare.

The duo had gone to offer prayers at the Gauri Shankar Temple in Shahdara and were returning home on a bike when they stopped at a traffic signal near the blast site. It was 6:52 p.m. when the Hyundai i20 car parked nearby exploded, engulfing the area in flames and chaos.

Ankush was thrown onto a nearby vehicle, suffering severe burns on over 80 percent of his face and body, while Rahul collapsed on the road, his legs and arms charred by the

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