SIA Officer, Naib Tehsildar, Tailor among dead, 32 injured; Blast caused after explosives seized from terror module go off; LG orders probe, Says govt stands with those affected

Srinagar, Nov 15: Nine persons were killed, including a Naib Tehsildar, State Investigating Agency Officer, and a tailor, while 32 others were injured after a high-intensity blast ripped through Nowgam police station in Srinagar late last night, officials said.

An official told news agency that the blast occurred when a stockpile of explosives, confiscated from an alleged doctors’ terror module busted by Jammu and Kashmir in Haryana’s Faridabad last week, accidentally went off inside the police station late last night.

The blast created panic among the local residents with its intensity such that houses – as far

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