SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: An “accidental explosion” at Nowgam police station late Friday night, caused by substances seized during raids in an NCR city and transported to Kashmir by police, killed 9 people and injured 30. J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat said at a press briefing in Srinagar on Saturday morning a huge cache of explosive substances, chemicals and reagents were recovered from Faridabad on Nov 9 and 10, during the investigation of an interstate terror module. “The recovery was transported and kept securely in the open area of the police station (Nowgam),” Prabhat said, adding, “As part of prescribed procedure, samples of the recovery had to be forwarded for further forensic and chemical examination. On account of the voluminous and sensitive nature of the recovery, it was being handled

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