Srinagar, Nov. 16 -- Nowgam police station - the nerve centre of the investigation into the recent Jaish-e-Mohammad poster threat case - was reduced to rubble late Friday night after a massive accidental explosion ripped through its premises, killing nine people and injuring 32 others and throwing the investigation off track.

For the past two weeks, the station had been the focal point of a widening probe that began after Jaish posters threatening the police surfaced in Bonpora. Investigations by Nowgam police led agencies to unravel a major "white-collar terrorism" module. This group, involving highly educated individuals including doctors, had allegedly stored and transported explosives disguised as industrial chemicals. The trail even...