Lucknow: Security agencies widened their probe across Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday following the Delhi car blast near the Red Fort that left at least 12 people dead, conducting searches in multiple districts including Lucknow, Saharanpur and Lakhimpur Kheri.

Heightened security checks continued at public places amid stepped-up scrutiny of individuals with suspected links to the accused held so far.

In Lucknow, a joint team of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), local police and central agencies carried out an extensive probe at the Muttaqipur residence of Dr. Shaheen Shahid, who was earlier arrested in connection with the Delhi blast case. Officials collected documents and questioned family members and neighbours to gather details about her background, sources said.

Her father, Syed Ahmad Ansa

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