9 killed, 29 injured in J&K Police Station blast as explosives seized in Faridabad go off

At least nine people were killed and 29 others wounded after a large quantity of confiscated explosives went off inside a police station in Nowgam near Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir.

The blast occurred on Friday night while police officers and forensic team personnel were examining the explosive material, which had been recently brought from Faridabad in Haryana.

Most of the deceased were police and forensic officials; two senior officials from the Srinagar administration also died in the explosion.

Nowgam Police Station Cordoned Off

The injured have been taken to the Indian Army’s 92 Base Hospital and the Sher‑i‑Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences. The police station has been cordoned off and senior officials have reached the scene.

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The explosives had been seized as part of investigations into a terror module linked to Jaish‑e‑Mohammed (JeM) in which highly-qualified professionals were reportedly radicalised.

The probe revealed the network involved doctors and students in contact with foreign handlers. One suspect doctor arrested in October, Adeel Ahmad Rather, had been seen putting up JeM posters warning of attacks.

Further arrests included doctors Muzammil Shakeel and Shaheen Saeed in Haryana’s Faridabad where nearly 3,000 kg of ammonium nitrate was recovered.

The number of fatalities and injured may still change as authorities continue their assessment.