Srinagar, Nov 16: Bhartiya Janta Party senior leader and Leader of Opposition (LOP) in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Sunday visited the residence of tailor Muhammad Shafi, one of the victims of the Nowgam Police Station explosion, to express condolences and explain the sequence of events that led to the tragedy.
Speaking to reporters, Sharma said that the explosion occurred around 11:20 pm while explosive material recovered from Faridabad was being examined at Nowgam Police Station. “The substance was highly inflammable. Since the initial FIRs related to the case were registered at this police station, the material was brought here for further investigation and sealing,” he said.
He added that the first consignment reportedly weighed around 360 kilograms, and multiple teams

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