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Nine persons were killed and 32 others were injured successful a large detonation caused “accidentally” wrong Srinagar’s Nowgam Police Station connected Friday (November 14, 2025) night, J&K Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat said connected Saturday (November 15).
According to the police, 1 State Investigation Agency (SIA) official, 2 gross officials portion of the magistrate’s team, 3 forensic squad personnel, and 2 transgression photographers, and 1 tailor were among the dead.
Calling it an accidental blast, DGP Prabhat said “any different speculation into the people of this incidental is unnecessary”.
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A immense quantity of explosive substances, chemicals, and resin was recovered from Haryana’s Faridabad during raids earlier successful the week, arsenic portion of the probe into an inter-State panic module case, helium said.
“This betterment similar the remainder of the different recoveries was transported and kept securely successful an unfastened country of Nowgam. As portion of the procedure, samples of the betterment were to beryllium forwarded to the forensic lab. Given the voluminous quality of the recovery, an enquiry was going connected by a Forensic Science Laboratory squad yesterday and the time before,” DGP Prabhat said.
Given the unstable and delicate nature, the sampling process and handling was conducted with utmost caution by the FSL team. “However, unfortunately, during this people past nighttime astir 11.20 p.m. an accidental detonation took place. The origin for this unfortunate incidental is being inquired into,” the J&K DGP added.
Of the 27 constabulary unit injured, 2 gross officials and 3 civilians were receiving aesculapian treatment.
Building adjacent the constabulary presumption were besides severely damaged owed to the interaction of the blast. “The grade of harm is being ascertained,” the DGP said.
