JAMMU, Nov. 17 -- Dr. Varinder Sharma, co-convenor, health cell, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu & Kashmir said despite the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) showing exemplary vigilance in uncovering a terrorist module in Faridabad, they fell victim to an explosion triggered by the same ammonium nitrate recovered during the operation. The same type of explosive, he noted, was used in the Faridabad terror car blast near Delhi's Red Fort that had earlier taken 13 lives. Expressing grief over the tragic explosion at the Nowgam Police Station in Srinagar that claimed nine lives, he termed it a painful reminder of gaps in the handling of terror-related explosives.
Dr. Sharma questioned why a large quantity of highly unstable ammonium nitrate w...