At the blast site outside Red Fort in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday detained a preacher from Mewat in Haryana in connection with the ‘white collar’ terror module operating from a university in Faridabad, officials said. Maulvi Ishtiyaq, who has been brought to Srinagar, was staying in a rented house within the Al Falah university complex in Faridabad. It was from his home that police had recovered more than 2,500 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and sulphur, the officials said. He is likely to be placed under arrest.Delhi Police on high alert, checking continues across capital: The Delhi Police has been put on high alert and massive checking drives are being carried out across the national capital following the powerful explosion near the Red Fort metro station that left 12 people dead and many injured, officials said on Wednesday. Police personnel, along with paramilitary forces, are deployed in large numbers at all the entry and exit points of Delhi. Vehicles entering and leaving the city are being thoroughly checked as part of the intensified security measures, they said.Story continues below this adToday’s weather: According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, Delhi-NCR continued to record ‘severe’ air quality levels. As of 7 am, the ten most polluted areas were Wazirpur (458), Bawana (451), Chandni Chowk (449), Jahangirpuri (446), Mundka (444), Rohini (442), Nehru Nagar (440), Ashok Vihar (439), Burari Crossing (439), and Anand Vihar (438).Live UpdatesNov 12, 2025 09:31 AM ISTDelhi blast probe LIVE updates: Security beefed up in UP's GondaSecurity has been tightened in Gonda in Uttar Pradesh after the blast near Delhi's Red Fort. Police are combing the area with sniffer dogs at regular intervals.VIDEO | Uttar Pradesh: Security tightened in Gonda after blast near Delhi's Red Fort.(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvrpG7)#redfort #gonda #uttarpradesh pic.twitter.com/zJnkcbqmaZ— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 12, 2025Nov 12, 2025 09:29 AM ISTDelhi Red Fort Blast LIVE Updates: Maulvi Ishtiyaq, detained in terror module case, helped store explosive material, say policeHaryana preacher Maulvi Ishtiyaq, who has been detained by the J &K Police in a 'white collar' terror module case, is likely to be placed under arrest. He will be the ninth person to be nabbed in the case by the Jammu and Kashmir police, which carried out an interstate raids on November 10 along with their counterparts in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, to unravel a 'white-collar' terror network of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, reported news agency PTI.Explosive material was stored at his rented residence by Dr Muzammil Ganaie alias Musaib and Dr Umar Nabi, the man who was driving an explosives laden car which detonated outside Red Fort on Monday evening killing 13 people.Nov 12, 2025 09:24 AM ISTDelhi Red Fort Blast LIVE updates: Preacher from Haryana detained after recovery of ammonium nitrate from homeThe Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained a preacher from Haryana in a 'white collar' terror module case. The module was operating from a university in Faridabad, officials said. The preacher, identified as Maulvi Ishtiyaq, was taken to Srinagar after being detained from his rented house within the Al Falah university complex in Faridabad. The police had recovered more than 2,500 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and sulphur, the officials said.He is likely to be placed under arrest, reported news agency PTI.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:Red Fort