The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday refuted social media claims regarding the recent explosion at Nowgam Police Station, labeling them as “conjectures” and “misleading,” while emphasizing that the blast was indeed “accidental”.
An ‘accidental’ explosion at Nowgam Police Station on November 14 resulted in the deaths of nine individuals, including an SIA inspector and a naib tehsildar. Authorities reported that the explosion took place during the collection of samples from a stockpile of recovered explosives.
The J&K Police stated in a post on X, “It is reiterated that an accidental explosion occurred on 14 Nov 2025, while the process of sample collection, from the large cache of recovered explosive, for forensic examination, was being conducted by experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory,” adding that a high-level committee established by the government is investigating the incident.
The investigative panel is chaired by the Principal Secretary and comprises members from the Home Department, the Inspector General of the Kashmir zone, the Srinagar district magistrate, and a senior scientist from the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory, according to the police.
