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New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level security review meeting at Dutva Bhavan at 11 am on Tuesday, a day after the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station area. The meeting will be attended by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Kumar Deka, Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha and National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General (DG) Sadanand Vasant Date, while Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat will attend virtually. Earlier on Monday night, HM Shah visited the charred remains of the car blast near the Red Fort and personally met the injured at Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital, promising a detailed investigation into the blast that killed eight and injured more than a dozen. Reaching the blast site near Gate No. 1 of the Red Fort metro station at around 9:45 pm, HM Shah inspected the wreckage of the car, which is now a twisted metal shell surrounded by forensic markers. He held talks with Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha and NIA officials on the ground before going to LNJP hospital, where he spent about 30 minutes with the victims, including a charred 12-year-old boy and a taxi driver whose vehicle was engulfed in flames. Notably, Jammu and Kashmir Police in the morning busted an inter-state international terror module linked to terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, leading to the recovery of 2,900 kg of explosives, two assault rifles, pistols, timers and other material in Faridabad area of Haryana near New Delhi. Police said seven people have been arrested so far. Security has been beefed up in Delhi-NCR and NSG commandos have been deployed at key establishments. HM Shah directed the NIA, IB and Delhi Police Special Cell to work together and said, “No stone will be left unturned.” High alert has been issued in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Mumbai and security has been increased in crowded public places and around religious places. –IANS SD/