Srinagar, Nov. 15 -- Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday morning offered heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have lost their loved ones in the ghastly Nowgam Police Station blast.

The blast in Srinagar's Nowgam police station claimed at least nine lives and left several injured. Gehlot said that the blast in Jammu and Kashmir after the Delhi blast was a matter of "grave concern".

"The news of the deaths of several people in the blast at the Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir is extremely heartbreaking. After Delhi, the occurrence of a blast in Jammu and Kashmir now is a matter of great concern," Gehlot posted on X.

"I extend my deepest condolences to the grieving fa...