New Delhi: After getting alerts about a blast near Red Fort, Ranjana Jaiswal made frantic calls to her brother. Shiva, who runs a clothing store in UP’s Devariya, had gone to Chandni Chowk to stock up on supplies for his shop.

None of the calls went through.

Worried, and desperate for more news, Ranjana switched on the TV, and there he was—on the screen, in a hospital interacting with Home Minister Amit Shah, hours after a car exploded near Red Fort in central Delhi Monday. Show Full Article

It was only then that the family breathed a sigh of relief.

Shiva’s uncle told ThePrint that the 28-year-old had reached Chandni Chowk by 6 pm. After 6.50 pm, when the blast occurred, he was untraceable.

“The family was looking for him. We assumed his phone won’t be functional. We started watchin

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