Srinagar/New Delhi, Nov 15: An accidental explosion ripped through the Nowgam police station in Srinagar, killing nine people and injuring 32, senior officials said on Saturday, underlining that it was not a terror attack. The blast occurred around 11:20 pm on Friday when a specialised team was extracting samples from a large and “unstable” cache of explosives confiscated in connection with an ongoing ‘white-collar’ terror module investigation. Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Nalin Prabhat and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Prashant Lokhande, read out similar statements before the media in Srinagar and New Delhi, respectively, dismissing speculation of a terror attack and stressing that the incident was an unfortunate accident. The two officers did not take a

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