NEW DELHI: In a major development in the Red Fort car blast case, Delhi Police sources on Sunday confirmed that three cartridges recovered from the site, two live and one empty, were of 9mm calibre, a firearm type prohibited for civilian possession.

A senior official said that despite the cartridge recovery, no pistol or any of its parts were found at the scene.

“These cartridges are usually only possessed by the armed forces or those with special permission,” police said.

According to sources, no pistol or any part of it was found at the scene…meaning the cartridges were found, but the weapon used to fire them has not yet been found.

The official said that they are now trying to determine how these cartridges came to be there, whether the suspect possessed them.

The discovery of the

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