The explosion took place while police officers and an FSL team were conducting an inspection inside the premises.
According to Hindustan Times report- At least three people were killed and several others were injured after a blast occurred inside Srinagar’s Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
According to news agency PTI, the officials were extracting samples from a massive cache of explosives recently seized in Haryana’s Faridabad in connection with the ‘white-collar’ terror module case.
Several vehicles in the compound were damaged. Multiple fire tenders were rushed to the police station soon after the incident. All roads leading towards the police station have been closed.
According to initial information, the blast happened when a team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), along with police, was checking the explosive material. The police station was severely damaged in the blast. The adjacent buildings have also sustained damage due to the explosion.
The injured have been rushed to the Indian Army’s 92 Base Hospital and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). Senior police officials have reached Nowgam.
(More details are awaited)
