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Facing questions implicit handling of a ample cache of explosives, the J&K Police connected Thursday said a high-level committee has been constituted to look into the incident.
A constabulary spokesperson said the high-level committee has been constituted nether the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Home Department. It has Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, District Magistrate, Srinagar, and a elder idiosyncratic from Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL), Government of India, arsenic members.
Nine people, including policemen, were killed successful an “accidental blast” astatine the Nowgam Police Station connected the nighttime of November 14. Around 2,900 kg of explosives, including ammonium nitrate, was seized by the Nowgam constabulary presumption during raids successful Faridabad connected November 9-10. The constabulary presumption was investigating the inter-State panic module and arrested 7 locals successful the case.
The constabulary said it was an “accidental explosion”, and warned against “conjectures and efforts to mislead the public”.
There were increasing demands from governmental parties, including the ruling National Conference, CPI(M) and the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to behaviour just probe into the handling of the explosives by the police.
At the clip of the explosion, nary elder authoritative oregon idiosyncratic from the FSL was contiguous astatine the spot. The hiring of a civilian tailor has besides been questioned. The governmental parties besides questioned the determination to amass the explosives astatine a constabulary presumption located astatine a congested locality of Nowgam successful Srinagar.
At slightest 32 people, including 27 constabulary personnel, were besides injured successful the explosion.
