Srinagar: The cries outside Mohammad Shafi Parray’s Nowgam home on Srinagar outskirts rose long before his body reached the lane. The 47-year-old tailor-master — a man known for his soft voice, steady hands, and worn-out sewing machine — was coming home for the last time. Just a few hundred metres away stood the Nowgam Police Station, where an accidental blast late Friday night killed nine people and injured 30 others. Among those who perished was Parray — the lone breadwinner of his family of five.

The explosion occurred during the investigation of a recently busted what investigators call white collar terror module linked to one of the biggest explosive hauls in recent years. The probe had begun innocuously in mid-October, when Jaish-e-Mohammad posters appeared in parts of Nowgam. Polic

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