Police in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday detained the father of the man suspected to be driving the car that exploded near the Red Fort for questioning, officials said.

Ghulam Nabi Bhat was picked up by the police from his residence at Koil in Pulwama, hours after his wife was taken for a DNA test, the officials said.

Two brothers of the suspect accompanied their mother, Shameema Begum, to the hospital for the DNA test.

The officials said three persons, who were linked to the sale and purchase of the car involved in the blast, have been detained for questioning.

The police have rounded up several doctors who were working with blast suspect Umar Nabi in Faridabad, the officials said.

However, no formal arrests have been made so far.

According to Delhi Police sources, Um

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