On 22 December 2000, a terrorist attack took place on the Red Fort in Delhi, India. It was carried out by the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. It killed two soldiers and one civilian,[1][2] in what was described by the media as an attempt to derail the India-Pakistan peace talks. The Red Fort is an extremely important Indian facility as it hosts the Prime Minister of India annually on 15 August which is the Indian Independence Day. It is also significant historically as it was taken over from British control and is an iconic site in India. As a result of the attack, India as a whole was shaken.[3]
Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Bilal Ahmed Kawa who planned and executed the terror attack was arrested in a joint operation by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police and the Gujarat ATS from Delhi Airport on 10 January 2018. It took 17 years to arrest him. The 37-year-old has been remanded to a Police Special Cell in Delhi for further probing. He was arrested on the basis of a tip-off received by Gujarat ATS regarding his movement from Srinagar to Delhi.
- ^ "2000 Red Fort terrorist attack". The Times of India. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Red Fort terrorist attacks". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Red Fort attack will not affect peace moves". 19 August 2012.