The Nowgam police station on Srinagar’s outskirts had been holding a large cache of case property — more than 350 kg of ammonium nitrate and several hundred kilograms of chemicals, detonators, batteries and timers. All of it had been seized from a Jaish-e-Mohammad module linked to the Red Fort blast case and was transported from Faridabad after police raids across Haryana and Delhi .

On the night of 14 November , the material exploded inside the station, killing nine people and injuring several others. Officers on duty described a sudden, deafening blast that tore through the structure and sent shockwaves across the area.

2. ‘SOPs were followed, but the material was unstable’

Police officers said the explosives had been packed in airtight containers and moved in small trucks, follo

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