Accidental blast inside Nowgam police station leaves 9 dead, over two dozen injured

J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat and other top police officials visited the site. The blast occurred when a confiscated explosive stored inside the police station went off, said officials.

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 15 (STC):
A high-intensity accidental blast ripped through Nowgam police station in Srinagar late last night, killing at least nine persons including a Naib Tehsildar and injuring over two dozen persons, officials said.
Senior police officials today morning reached the site of the overnight accidental explosion site to assess the situation.
J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat visited the area. He reviewed the damage and briefed ground officers before leaving the site.
IGP Kashmir Vidhi Kumar Birdi also arrived at the spot this morning and took firsthand stock of the circumstances surrounding the explosion.
Giving details of the incident, official reports reveal that the blast occurred when a confiscated explosive stored inside the police station went off.
“The explosive – most probably ammonium nitrate – was recently brought in from Haryana’s Faridabad to Nowgam police station. The explosive was seized after Jammu and Kashmir police and Faridabad police busted an alleged doctors’ terror module, reveals the report.
“Most of the dead are policemen and FSL team members. A Naib Tehsildar and a local tailor is also among the dead, while 29 others are injured. Some of the injured are in a critical condition,” an official told media.
He added that identification of the bodies is underway as some have been completely burnt. “The intensity of the blast was such that some of the body parts were recovered from nearby houses – around 100-200 meters away from the police station,” he said.
The injured have been admitted to Army’s 92 Base hospital in Srinagar and SKIMS Soura for treatment, while some have been admitted to a local private hospital for treatment, said the officials.
Meanwhile, the Naib Tehsildar killed in blast has been identified as Mohammad Muzzafar Khan S/O Haji Mohammad Ramzan Khan Resident of Soibugh, Budgam Kashmir.
(Straight Talk Communications)