Published on : 15 Nov 2025, 3:30 am

Jammu : A catastrophic accidental explosion rocked the Nowgam police station near Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, late on Friday night, leading to the tragic deaths of nine individuals and injuring 29 others. The blast occurred as police and forensic teams were extracting samples from a huge cache of explosives linked to a ‘white-collar’ terror module case from Faridabad, Haryana.

Eye-witness CCTV footage showed the sudden eruption, with thick smoke billowing and flames engulfing the police station. The force of the explosion sent debris flying up to 300 metres away, with some residents as far as 15 kilometres reporting feeling the blast. Several vehicles at the site were also engulfed in flames.

The Nowgam police have been involved in cracking the

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