Night Of Grief: How The Delhi Blast Blew Open Old Suspicions And New Wounds

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Families of victims spent the night searching LNJP Hospital for missing loved ones after the Red Fort blast, with confirmations of death coming only after hours of anguish.

Survivors and relatives faced chaotic scenes at the hospital as officials visited the injured and families awaited news, with many victims being cab and auto-rickshaw drivers.

Two e-rickshaw drivers, Jumman and Mohsin, were among those killed, leaving behind young families who depended on them.

Kashmiri and Muslim residents in Delhi reported rising suspicion and prejudice in the aftermath, describing renewed fear as advisories, verification demands and social scrutiny intensified.

It was a night weighed down by grief. Voices cracked in the chaos around Delhi’s Red Fort in the national capita