NSG forensic expert team visits Nowgam blast site in Kashmir
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Srinagar: A forensic expert team of the NSG on Sunday visited the blast site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowgam police station, where nine people were killed and 31 others injured in an accidental blast on November 15.
The local forensic team had already sealed the area for carrying out a detailed examination of the explosion.
On Sunday, the officials said, a team of the central forensic squad of the NSG visited the Nowgam police station to carry forward the investigation into the blast.
The central forensic team collected samples and interacted with the local FSL team and police officers.
Nine people, including a police inspector, a Naib Tehsildar, a Chowkidar of the revenue department, a local tailor, three personnel of the FSL team, and two photographers of the crime branch, were killed in this accidental blast, while 31 others were injured.
The blast occurred around 11.20 p.m. on Friday when local police were carrying out a sampling of the explosive material in the presence of an executive magistrate.
The explosive material was seized by police during the busting of the white collar module in Faridabad and had been brought to Nowgam police station, as the original FIR in this case was registered at Nowgam police station of Srinagar district.
The blast was widely grieved as Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered a probe into the incident.
