 Summary of this article
- Among those who died were three forensics experts, two photographers and two revenue officials. They were handling a huge cache of explosives recovered in the Valley while probing the Delhi terror attack on November 10, 2025.
- Before the blast close to Red Fort, the police in Nowgam had come across posters of terrorist groups threatening the security forces.
- Three Nowgam residents were among those arrested. The police claim to have busted a network of al-Qaeda affiliate Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and the Jaish-e-Mohammad.
A few metres from a playground in Srinagar’s Natipora, young Kashmiri men are playing a game of cricket. Muzamil Maqbool Rather, 33, looks petrified recalling the burial of his brother-in-law, Suhail Ahmad Rather, a numberdar. “We recognised Suhail’s body by his face at the police control room after hours spent running from one hospital to another,” says Muzamil, surrounded by mourning relatives and neighbours. A blast was triggered accidentally at the Nowgam police station on November 14, Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday, which is celebrated as Children’s Day. Eight others, too, died in the blast and at least 30 were injured. |
