Delhi car blast: UP trader’s search ends in grief as nephew found dead
A shopping trip to Delhi turned tragic for Mehboob, a UP trader, when his nephews Aman and Noman went missing after the blast near Red Fort; one found dead
A trade trip from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi turned into a nightmare for Mehboob when he lost contact with his nephews, Aman Ansari and Noman Ansari, after the bomb blast in Delhi on the evening of November 10.
Mehboob's family members run a cosmetic shop in Jhinjhana of Shamli, Uttar Pradesh and they were at the Delhi market on Monday evening to buy merchandise for their shop. But the pleasant evening turned into chaos when a car blast occurred near Red Fort.
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Frantic searches
Following the attack, Mehboob frantically looked for his nephews, Aman and Noman, youths in their early 20s, throughout the evening. “We were in Old Delhi for shopping. The blast occurred, and everybody ran,” Mehboob recounted.
Not only Mehboob, but it was a dreadful night for other relatives too, who conducted frantic searches. Mehboob said he finally got news about his nephews when he got through to Aman over phone. While Aman told him that he was injured and in LNJP hospital, his other nephew, Noman, was not reachable.
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Around 12 midnight, Mehboob, along with some of his relatives, reached LNJP. However, they were denied entry, citing the high-profile visits by Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. Mehboob was not allowed inside, nor was any clarity about Aman given to him by the hospital administration.
Heartbreaking news
Chaos erupted at the hospital as the anxious relatives were not allowed inside. The night before, the administration issued a list of 20 injured and eight dead whose identities were kept under wraps. It was during the early hours of Tuesday that the family finally came to know that Noman was among the deceased. Now, the death toll has increased to 12.
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On Tuesday, an official told The Federal that eight bodies have been handed over. "One body is inside the mortuary and the person's identity remains to be ascertained," said an official at LNJP. Around 12.30 pm, Noman's body was handed over to Mehboob and other relatives. They hurriedly left with the body even as media camerapersons chased them.
