Following blasts near Red Fort in Delhi on Monday, several states across the country have been put on high alert and agencies have been asked to remain alert.

He added he had reviewed the situation with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in the blast in Delhi earlier this evening. May the injured recover at the earliest,” PM Modi said.

The Delhi bombing took place on a day when Jammu and Kashmir police arrested seven people from Faridabad near the national capital.