Delhi Police and Army begun a parallel probe on Saturday at the Red Fort, where Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militants killed three persons on Friday night. The search operation began Saturday morning and the entire area was combed, Joint Commissioner, northern range, Ajay Chaddha said. The area had been sealed off and forensic experts summoned to probe into the apparent security lapse, he said.
The militants, Chaddha said, struck first at the supply point depot killing Abdullah, a civilian employee, at 9:05 pm and as Uma Shankar rushed to the spot, he too was shot at.
They then walked into a barrack and opened fire indiscriminately on Naik Ashok and soon took shelter in the bushes around the musuem inside the Mughal architecture.
As the army reaction team arrived, the ultras destroyed the light bulbs and escaped under the cover of darkness after scaling down the rear wall, he said. No arrest has been made so far.
Meanwhile, a report from Srinagar said that Lashkar-e-Toiba claimed responsibility for the attack.They have also threatened more attacks. Police sources did not rule out the possibility of the militants holding out inside the Red Fort. Bureau Report