Overview
- Police and forensic teams were extracting samples around 11:20 pm Friday when seized explosive material detonated at the Nowgam station on Srinagar’s outskirts.
- Authorities reported nine fatalities and 32 injuries, including members of the Forensic Science Laboratory, a State Investigation Agency inspector, two revenue officials, two crime-scene photographers and a tailor.
- The material being handled was part of explosives and chemicals recovered in Faridabad from locations linked to Al‑Falah University suspects, including ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate and sulphur.
- J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat and MHA Joint Secretary Prashant Lokhande termed the incident accidental and urged against speculation, as Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered a probe and central forensic work continued with NIA involvement reported.
- The blast severely damaged the police station, ignited vehicles and caused successive smaller explosions that hindered rescue efforts, and investigators are also examining links to the earlier car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort tied to the same network.