Srinagar- A youth from Kangan Ganderbal is among the victims killed in the car explosion near Delhi's Red Fort on November 10 evening, which left more than 10 people dead and over 20 injured.

The 32-year Bilal Ahmad Sangoo son of Ghulam Hassan Sangoo had been working as a cart-puller in Delhi.

Elder brother of the deceased Farooq Ahmad said,“Police have told us that verification is on. His picture is circulating on social media and we have recognized him. He is my brother.”

Farooq said that they lost contact with him soon after the explosion.“His phone has remained switched off since.”

SSP Ganderbal Khalil Ahmad Poswal said that police received a report from the family that Bilal was indeed working in Delhi at the time of the blast.“A family member will have to travel to Delhi for a DNA test, and the body will be handed over only after a positive DNA match,” the SSP added.

According to the reports, Bilal's cart was destroyed in the Red Fort blast.

His brother said that Bilal was unmarried, and he stayed alone, making a living by loading, unloading, and ferrying goods in his cart in the national capital. The small space, just enough to park a goods cart, under a tree in Chandni Chowk's cycle market, has been lying vacant since Monday night.

“Kashmiri yahaan apni rickshaw lagaata tha (Kashmiri used to park his rickshaw here),” 45-year-old Shiv Singh Nagar told The Indian Express.

On Friday afternoon, battery-operated goods carts – or“rickshaws” – lined the cycle market, a row of shops selling bicycles and bicycle parts two lanes away from the site of the explosion. Bilal's cart was destroyed in the blast in which 10 people were killed and 30 injured.

Bilal moved to Delhi as a teenager 16 years ago from Ganderbal in Jammu & Kashmir. He was not married, and he stayed alone, making a living by loading, unloading, and ferrying goods in his cart. He parked the cart under a tree at night, and slept in it; all his belongings were in a single bag, his friends at the cycle market said.
“I called him (Bilal) around 6.50 that evening to ask where he was. I had sent him to deliver some goods at Kashmere Gate. He said he was at the Red Fort traffic signal,” Nagar said.“And then I heard the explosion, and the ground trembled.”
Nagar said he called Bilal again at 7.01 pm, and that he managed to speak with him.“He said that he was injured and that they were taking him to hospital. That was our last conversation,” Nagar said.

Nagar said he had been friends with Bilal ever since the latter arrived in Delhi, and that they had worked together ever since.“We went to the hospital's Emergency ward twice, but could not meet him. We will always feel the regret of not being able to see him before he died,” Nagar said.

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