DGP Calls Detonation “Extremely Unstable”

Srinagar: Srinagar was shaken late Friday night when a powerful blast ripped through the Nowgam Police Station, killing nine people and injuring more than 25. By Saturday morning, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat confirmed that the explosion was an accidental one, triggered while forensic experts were handling a massive quantity of highly unstable explosive substances kept at the police station as part of an ongoing terror-linked investigation. The station had been central to the probe into a major interstate module connected to the Red Fort blast in Delhi, and the seized materials stored there were part of the large cache recovered during operations in the preceding week.

How The Explosive Material Reached Nowgam:

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