Delhi markets slowly returning to normalcy after Red Fort blast

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At Chandni Chowk, close to the site of Monday’s blast, business is slow to pick up. “There is definitely heightened security, but nervousness hangs in the air. People are coming back slowly, with trepidation, and are quick to leave. We hope things get back to normal soon,” said a local market association leader. 

Across other markets in Delhi, however, business is gradually returning to normal after the blast in a moving car near Red Fort on Monday evening killed 12 people and critically injured several others. 

In the heart of the national capital, at Connaught Place, business was down by