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Political parties successful Jammu and Kashmir person questioned the handling of a immense cache of seized explosives by the police, which resulted successful an accidental explosion wrong the Nowgam constabulary presumption successful Srinagar connected the nighttime of November 14.
Leaders of the ruling National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the CPI(M) person demanded a thorough probe into the incident, which near 9 dormant and 32 injured.
“Sensitive worldly should ne'er person been kept successful a mode that could endanger lives wrong the constabulary premises. Responsibility has to beryllium fixed. If it was an accidental blast, past beryllium it. That volition beryllium justness to the victims,” NC subordinate of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah said.
He demanded that those liable for the “lapses indispensable beryllium identified and brought to book”. “The findings of the probe should beryllium made public. If it was not a militant attack, past analyse it thoroughly and fto the nationalist know,” Mr. Ruhullah said.
NC person Mushtaq Guroo, MLA from Chanapora, said, “Why was explosive worldly kept successful a constabulary presumption with a residential country around? Such worldly should person been kept successful isolation and extracurricular the residential area.”
Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said if the incidental was an accidental detonation “why cipher is suspended oregon work fixed truthful far”.
Ms. Mufti’s daughter, who visited the injured successful the infirmary successful Srinagar, said, “Mishandling of delicate explosive worldly shows wide neglect and called for a just probe to hole accountability. No Kashmiri should go collateral for the failures of a few.”
CPI(M) person and MLA M.Y. Tarigami said unnecessary risks could person been avoided had the chemic introspection and sampling been done astatine Faridabad.
The detonation took spot astir 11.20 p.m. erstwhile reportedly a associated squad of constabulary and Forensic Science Lab (FSL) was sampling the seized explosives, chiefly ammonium nitrate, seized from Faridabad during raids connected November 9-10. The Jammu and Kashmir constabulary had claimed to person seized 2,900 kg of explosive substances during the raids. The Nowgam constabulary busted an inter-State panic module by arresting 7 section youths, including two doctors, since October 19 successful Kashmir and Faridabad.
