Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Saturday called for a high-level investigation into the tragic blast at Nowgam Police Station in Srinagar that killed nine and injured thirty-two, noting that repeated acts of violence continue to trouble the Union Territory ev
The blast, which shook the entire Jammu and Kashmir, claimed the lives of brave police personnel, including policemen, a civilian, and a staff member of the Revenue Department. The heartbreaking loss has cast a shadow of grief across the region.
An accidental explosion inside the Nowgam Police Station late Friday night left nine personnel dead and 32 others injured and caused extensive damage to the nearby building.
The MHA attributed the highly unstable nature of the explosive material recovered during an ongoing terror module probe that was linked to the Delhi Red Fort blast that occurred on November 10, which killed 12 people.
The Indian National Congress (INC) president, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Saturday strongly condemned the blast at a police station in Nowgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed nine lives and injured 24 people.
The DGP informed that nine individuals lost their lives, including one officer from the State Investigation Agency (SIA), three FSL personnel, two crime-scene photographers, two revenue officials who were assisting the Magistrate's team, and a tailor associated with the operation.
The official explained that the Nowgam Police had recently cracked a terror module based on leads obtained from a suspicious poster. "During the investigation in FIR No. 162/2025, officials recovered a large cache of explosive substances and chemicals, which had been stored in the open ar
"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.
At least nine people have died and several others were injured after a deadly blast occurred near the premises of Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night, police said.
A blast occurred near the Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring several people. Security forces, along with sniffer dogs, rushed to the site to investigate.
The threads of Delhi blast are linked to objectionable posters in the Nowgam area of Srinagar for which an FIR was registered on October 19, sources have said, noting security forces took strong action to bust inter-state Jaish-e-Mohammed module linked to the terror plot.