Eight people are injured in a massive explosion in J&K police station

At least eight persons were injured, three of them seriously, in a massive explosion at Nowgam police station in Srinagar on Friday evening (November 14, 2025), officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir Police had recently unearthed an inter-state terror module and seized around 2,900 kg of explosives, including ammonium nitrate, during raids in several states across the country.

The blast occurred around 11:20 p.m. and resulted in a huge flame that engulfed the police station, officials said. Several vehicles parked in the police station premises caught fire and the impact of the blast was felt across the area, she added.

The injured, many with burns, were shifted to nearby hospitals in Srinagar for treatment, officials said.

Initial reports indicated that a joint team of J&K Police and the Forensic Science Laboratory seized explosives, including ammonium nitrate, during the recent raids in Haryana’s Faridabad at the time of the blast.

However, police could not immediately confirm the exact cause of the blast and the number of casualties.

An official said around 2,900 kg of materials for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered during the raids and kept at the police station as part of the investigation.

Officers from Nowgam police station had spotted pro-Jaish-e-Mohammed posters in the area on October 19 and subsequently arrested seven locals. The investigation into the posters resulted in the arrest of Dr. Adeel Ahmad Rather and then another doctor, Dr. Muzamil Ahmad Ganaie alias Musaib, from Kashmir.

Police said the doctors were part of the inter-state terror module. According to police, the group of seven was involved in fundraising, logistics and the purchase of weapons and bomb-making materials.