Any other speculation unnecessary, cuase being investigated: MHA Joint Secretary Lokhande on Nowgam Blast

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Posted by admin_kas on 2025-11-15 20:42:57 | Last Updated by admin_kas on 2025-11-16 10:27:41

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Srinagar, Nov 15: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday said the cause of the incident that led to the killing of nine people and injuring over 30 persons, was being investigated.

Addressing  the media persons, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for J&K and Ladakh, Prashant Lokhande, said and any other speculation into the cause of the blast was unnecessary.

"A huge cache of explosive substances and chemicals was recovered during probe into a terror module and kept securely in an open area in the premises of Nowgam police station," he said.

He said that as part of the standard and prescribed procedure, the recovered explosives were forwarded to forensic and chemical examination.

He said the procedure was being continuously carried out for the last two days because of the voluminous nature of the recovery.

"The recovery made was being handled very carefully under expert supervision owing to its unstable and sensitive nature," he said.

On Nine people were killed and over 30 sustained injuries due to accidental blast in Nowgam Police station on Friday late evening.

He said the cause of the accident was being investigated. "Any other speculation into the cause of this incident is unnecessary," the joint secretary of MHA said.

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