Last Updated:November 30, 2025, 08:50 IST When the first distress call was answered at 6.52 pm, no one knew this was a suicide bombing-style terror attack but immediate directions were focused on evacuation and rescue In the first 10 minutes after the blast, Delhi Police had not only moved a majority of the grievously injured to hospitals but cordoned off the impact site, diverted traffic, alerted other first responders and sanitised vehicles in the vicinity to rule out any secondary explosion. (Image: AP/File) At 6.52 pm on November 10, the official mobile phone of the deputy commissioner of police (north district) rang and the caller conveyed: “There’s been an explosion in front of Red Fort…a lot of people are injured…many vehicles damaged.” Between 6.52 pm and 7.02 pm – the first 10 minutes after the blast, which later turned out to be a suicide bombing-style terror attack, Delhi Police had not only moved a majority of the grievously injured to hospitals but cordoned off the impact site, diverted traffic, alerted other first responders and sanitised …