Nauman Ansari, aged 18 from Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, was in the city to buy cosmetics for his shop when the powerful blast near Delhi’s Red Fort claimed his life.

Ansari, who hailed from Jhinjhana town in Shamli, was the sole breadwinner of his family.

“Nauman was killed on the spot while his cousin Aman sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment at Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi,” Nauman’s uncle Furkan told PTI.

The family is making arrangements to bring Nauman’s body back for burial, Furkan said.

Sonu, a relative of the victim, who worked in a shop near the New Delhi Railway station, said, “Early this morning, I got a call from my uncle saying Nauman was no more and asked me to reach LNJP Hospital.”

Among those killed was DTC conductor Ashok Kumar, 34, who hailed from Amroh

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