Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat said on Saturday morning that the blast at Nowgam police station the previous night was an accidental one caused by the presence of a large quantity of explosive substances that were “unstable”.

Nowgam police station was where explosives recovered from the terror module linked to the Red Fort blast in Delhi had been stored.

Confirming that at least nine people died, Prabhat said, “During the investigation in FIR number 162 of the year 2025 of PS Nowgam, a huge quantity of explosive substances, chemicals and reagents were also recovered from Faridabad on 9 and 10 November.”

This recovery, he said, was kept in the open area of the police station. “As part of the procedure, the samples of the recovery had to be forwarded for furt

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