The deadly explosion occurred at Srinagar's Nowgam police station on November 14 while forensic personnel sampled the massive explosives cache linked to a terror probe. Faridabad police had previously recommended burying the material near Jasana village to eliminate transit hazards, but Jammu and Kashmir Police insisted on maintaining physical custody of the case property. The 358kg haul had been transported from Haryana in a Tata 407 escorted by three police vehicles before arriving on November 10. The tragedy claimed the lives of an investigation agency officer, forensic experts, revenue staff, photographers, and an assisting tailor.
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Rigid legal procedures regarding the custody of seized evidence overrode local safety war…: Rigid legal procedures regarding the custody of seized evidence overrode local safety warnings against transporting volatile explosives across state lines.
The victims of the accidental blast included forensic personnel, crime-scene photographer…: The victims of the accidental blast included forensic personnel, crime-scene photographers, revenue officials, an investigation agency officer, and an assisting tailor.
Former Haryana DGP OP Singh urged the establishment of a national protocol to mandate imm…: Former Haryana DGP OP Singh urged the establishment of a national protocol to mandate immediate local disposal and magistrate certification of seized explosives.
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GURGAON: On November 14 last year, an explosion at Nowgam police station in Srinagar killed nine people.
These were the same explosives that had been found at hideouts used by Al-Falah University doctors and taken from Haryana to Jammu & Kashmir for the investigation into the white coat terror module that was involved in the suicide bombing near Red Fort metro station in Delhi on November 10.
In the 48 hours of discussions preceding the decision to move the explosives, senior Haryana Police officers had advised against doing so, sources involved in the
Delhi blast module probe told TOI.
Faridabad police had also zeroed in on a site near Jasana village to bury the 358kg of ammonium nitrate.
According to sources, officials cautioned that moving such a huge quantity of sensitive material nearly 1,000km could be dangerous.
But J&K Police personnel, according to the sources, insisted that the explosives needed to be taken to Nowgam, where the first FIR in the terror module case had been registered.
The sources said J&K Police personnel said the explosives were ‘case property’ in…
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