NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday said that nine people have been killed and 27 others were injured in an unfortunate accidental explosion at the Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a press briefing, Prashant Lokhande, Joint Secretary Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs in the Ministry of Home Affairs, said a huge cache of explosive substances and chemicals was recovered during probe into a terror module and kept securely in an open area in the premises of Nowgam police station, located on the outskirts of Srinagar.

As a part of the standard and prescribed procedure, the recovered explosives were forwarded to forensic and chemical examination, Lokhande said.

Because of the voluminous nature of the recovery, the procedure was being continuously car

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