Probe ordered into 'accidental' explosion at Nowgam police station

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has ordered a probe into the “accidental” explosion ripped through Nowgam police station in Srinagar late on Friday (November 14, 2025), killing at nine people and injuring as many as 32 others.

The J&K Police on Saturday (November 15) categorically dismissed claims of any Pakistan-based terror group’s, including JeM’s PAFF, involvement in the explosion that occurred “accidentally”.

The blast occurred while authorities were extracting samples, before forwarding to the forensic team, from a large cache of explosives confiscated from Haryana’s Faridabad in connection with a inter-State terror module case.

“Due to the sensitive and unstable nature of the recovered material, the sampling and examination were being carried out with extreme caution. Despite all precautions, an accidental blast occurred last night,” J&K Director General of Police, Nalin Prabhat, said.

In a statement on the incident, Union Home Ministry joint secretary Prashant Lokhande said the cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained even though the recovered explosives were being forwarded for forensic examination per standard operating procedure.

The transportation of explosives was being done in the past two days, he added.

Source – The Hindu