A man from Gurugram was taken by police for questioning since the first owner of the car that was used in the blast near the Red Fort was their tenant between 2016 and 2020, the landlord's family claimed on Tuesday.

The death toll in the explosion near Red Fort rose to 12, with three more people succumbing to injuries.

A joint team of Delhi and Gurugram police on Monday evening detained the Haryana-registered car's first owner, Mohd. Salman, from Gurugram.

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Salman had sold his car to a

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