Overview
- DGP Nalin Prabhat and an MHA joint secretary termed the 11:20 pm explosion an accident during standard procedures and dismissed speculation of a terror attack.
- The cache being sampled was part of about 360 kg seized in Faridabad from the rented home of arrested doctor Muzammil Ganaie, with the broader operation yielding nearly 2,900 kg of chemicals including ammonium nitrate.
- A major portion of the seized material had been stored at the Nowgam police station, where the primary FIR was registered, and small successive blasts initially slowed rescue efforts.
- Those killed include three FSL personnel, two revenue officials including a Naib Tehsildar, two police crime-scene photographers, one State Investigation Agency member, and a tailor, with identities being finalised.
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered a probe as FSL teams returned to the site, and investigators continue to examine links to the Faridabad network tied to the Red Fort car explosion.