Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited Lok Nayak Hospital to meet the victims of the blast near the Red Fort, minutes after he returned to the Capital from a two-day Bhutan visit.
Security was heightened outside the hospital, where all the victims have been admitted, in view of the visit.
The blast in a slow-moving white Hyundai i20 car at 6.50pm on Monday, ripped through a clutch of vehicles near the iconic Red Fort, leaving nine people dead so far. The incident during rush hour gutted several vehicles, leaving 20 people injured.