‘Indians Need To Be Commended.... They Don’t Need Our Help’: US Praises Delhi Blast Probe

The United States offered to help India in the probe into the high-intensity blast that left 12 people dead in Delhi's Red Fort area. Hours after police busted the terror module with links to proscribed

Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, and arrested eight people, including three doctors, the high-intensity blast ripped through a slow-moving car near Delhi's Red Fort area on Monday evening this week. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US has offered to help India probe the explosion in Delhi. "We've offered to help, but I think they're very capable in these investigations. They don't need our help, and they're doing a good job," Rubio told reporters after the G7 meeting in Canada. He said that the explosion was a "terrorist attack." "The Indians need to be commended. They've been very measured, cautious and very professional on how they're carrying out this investigation. That investigation continues. It clearly was a terrorist attack. It was a car loaded with highly explosive materials that detonated and killed a lot of people," he said. The US Secretary of State shared that he spoke with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar about the blast. Jaishankar and Rubio held talks on the sidelines of a conclave of G7 foreign ministers in Canada's Niagara region.Read More - Umar Nabi, Who Drove i20 Car Before Delhi Red Fort Blast, Was in Touch With Turkey-Based Handler Ukasa"Appreciate his condolences on the loss of lives in the blast in Delhi," the external affairs minister said on social media. Discussed our bilateral ties, focusing on trade and supply chains. Exchanged views on the Ukraine conflict, the Middle East/West Asia situation and Indo-Pacific," he said. Jaishankar said it was a "good" meeting. It was the second meeting between Jaishankar and Rubio in the last two weeks. They held a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 27.A high-intensity blast ripped through a slow-moving car near Delhi's Red Fort area on Monday evening. 12 people were killed in blast while several others were injured. The blast happened hours after police busted the terror module with links to proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, and arrested eight people, including three doctors. Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) teams, which collected over 40 samples from the blast site, said preliminary analysis suggests that one of the explosive samples is likely to be ammonium nitrate. According to the initial investigators, the prime accused in the Delhi Blast case - Dr Umar - was in contact with Turkiye-based handler. Investigators believed that the suspects wanted to carry out an attack similar to the 26/11 Mumbai attack in 2008.