India, Nov. 11 -- A 22-year-old cab driver from Bihar's Samastipur district was among the 13 victims of the powerful explosion that rocked the area near the Red Fort Metro station in Delhi on Monday evening, the police said.

The victim from Bihar, identified as Pankaj Sahni, was a resident of Hasanpur Fatehpur, Ward No. 7, under Khanpur police station area of Samastipur, Khanpur SHO Ranjit Kumar Choudhary confirmed on Tuesday.

According to his family, Sahni was on his way to drop off a relative at Old Delhi Railway Station when his vehicle was caught in the explosion near the Red Fort.

The victim's father, Rambalak Sahni, said that his son had spoken to his grandfather, around 430pm on Monday. Later on, when we tried calling him again,...