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New Delhi, November 11 (IANS) A team of more than 500 security officials has been formed to investigate the explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station and they have been assigned different tasks to investigate. Sources gave this information on Tuesday. The team will include officers and soldiers from various security agencies including the Intelligence Bureau (IB), NIA, NSG, Special Cell and local police. Sources said that officers from constable to inspector, ACP, DCP, Additional CP, Joint CP and Special CP level have been included in the team. All of them are investigating the blast by forming different teams, which have been assigned different tasks. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has also held a high-level security review meeting at his residence to investigate the matter. The meeting was attended by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, IB 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 joined virtually. On Monday night, HM Shah visited the blast site 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 over 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/DPB