The DNA sample of the mother of Dr Umar Nabi Bhat, the prime suspect in the Red Fort blast case, has been collected and sent to the AIIMS Forensic Laboratory in the national capital for further analysis, official sources said.

According to sources, DNA samples from his father have also been collected in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. These samples will be matched with unidentified bodies kept at Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi , which were brought in on the night of the blast.

According to police sources, Umar is suspected to be the man driving the Hyundai i20 that exploded near the Red Fort on Monday evening — killing nine people — and the person captured on CCTV footage sitting inside the car.

Umar, a resident of Koil village in Pulwama, has been missing since the blast. He was employe

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