Srinagar : Nine people were killed and 32 others were injured after a huge pile of confiscated explosives stored at a police station in Nowgam near Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar went off on Friday night. The blast occurred while they were handling the explosive material that had been brought from Haryana’s Faridabad recently.
The blast occurred while they were handling the explosive material that had been brought from Haryana’s Faridabad recently. The injured were rushed to the Indian Army’s 92 Base Hospital and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat said that a State Investigation Agency official, three Forensic Science Laboratory officials, two crime wing officials, two revenue officials, and a tailor who was associated with the team were among those killed.
He also said that 27 police personnel, two revenue officials and three civilians have received injuries. “Owing to the unstable and sensitive nature of the recovery, it was being handled with utmost caution. However, during the same, an accidental explosion took place at about 11:20 PM on Friday. Any other speculation into the cause of this incident is unnecessary,” he told reporters.
It was the Nowgam police station that cracked the case of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed’s posters in various locations of the area. These posters exposed the terror module in which radicalised highly-qualified professionals were involved. The discovery led to the recovery of massive explosive material and the arrest of several terror doctors.
In October, one of the arrested doctors, Adeel Ahmad Rather, was seen putting up these posters that warned of big attacks on security forces and “outsiders” in Kashmir. His arrest on October 27 uncovered a sinister network, which was later found to be behind the Delhi blast that claimed 13 lives earlier this week.
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