Nowgam Blast, Nov. 15 -- At least nine people were killed and 32 were injured after some confiscated explosives that were stored at Nowgam police station in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) went off on Friday. Addressing a press conference, J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat said the blast was "accidental" and any "other speculation into the cause of this incident is unnecessary."

According to the initial reports, the blast occurred when some policemen and authorities were extracting samples from a large cache of 360 kg of explosives explosives confiscated in the 'white-collar' terror module case in Haryana.

During the press conference, DGP Nalin Prabhat said, "During the investigation, an FIR number 162/2025 of PS Nowg...