Srinagar: An accidental explosion at the Nowgam police station in the outskirts of the city here late on Friday night injured at least eight personnel extracting samples from a massive cache of explosives recently seized in connection with the 'white-collar' terror module case, officials said.

They said the blast occurred while personnel were handling the explosive material that had been brought from Haryana's Faridabad.

The material, part of the 360 kilograms of explosives recovered from the rented residence of arrested doctor Muzammil Ganaie, was being sampled as part of the ongoing investigation, the officials said.

Ambulance and police sirens broke the silence of the night as the injured were rushed to a hospital.

Small successive explosions prevented immediate rescue operations by

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