With his blood-stained uniform by his side, the one that he wore on November 10 when a massive explosion outside Red Fort claimed at least 10 lives, Head Constable Than Singh recalls the horror of the fateful evening. The injured had to be rushed to hospital on e-rickshaws, he says.

Tears roll down his eyes as he shows the photos of the incident on his phone. “In my 15-year career, I had never seen such a bloodbath,” he says in a broken voice.

He has been deployed at the Red Fort Police post for nearly 13 years. The post is a compound of five makeshift rooms, including one for the reception, and a boardroom, overlooking the Mughal-era monument.

The boardroom is the best of the lot — a wooden sofa has off-white cushions, a marble table is kept in front of it and white lamps light up the

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