Srinagar: Director General of Police, J&K, Nalin Prabhat on Saturday gave detailing the circumstances that led to the fatal explosion at Nowgam Police Station last night.

Addressing press conference in Srinagar, DGP said that a huge quantity of explosives recovered from Faridabad during an ongoing investigation had been secured and stored at Nowgam Police Station as part of standard procedure.

He said that due to the sensitive and unstable nature of the recovered material, the sampling and examination were being carried out with extreme caution.

“Despite all precautions, an accidental blast occurred last night, resulting in the tragic loss of nine lives, 29 others injured” the DGP said adding that Investigation that led to incident underway.

According to Prabhat, the nine deceased incl

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