'Nothing Came Out Of It': Farooq Abdullah Hopes 'No Operation Sindoor Happens' After Nowgam Blast

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday hoped that India does not carry out another Operation Sindoor, following the accidental blast in the Nowgam police station on the outskirts of Srinagar that killed at least 9 people, including police officers. He also called for India and Pakistan to improve their relationship, quoting late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and claimed that "nothing" came out of Operation Sindoor."I hope no such thing (Operation Sindoor) will happen. Nothing came out of it (Operation Sindoor). Our people died. Our borders were compromised. I hope both nations improve their relations. That is the only way. I want to repeat what Vajpayee Ji said, friends can be changed, but neighbours

cannot," Abdullah told news agency ANI."This is our mistake, those who understand this explosive better, we should have talked to them first about how to deal with it instead of trying to handle it ourselves, you saw the result, nine people lost their lives. So much damage was caused to the houses there," he said.

What happened in Nowgam?

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said nine people were killed and 32 injured in what it described as a “massive” accidental explosion at the Nowgam police station in Srinagar late Friday night. Joint Secretary Prashant Lokhande said the blast occurred while forensic and chemical sampling was underway on a large quantity of explosives recovered during the probe into a terror module. The material had been stored in an open, designated area inside the police station premises.Lokhande said the explosives were “unstable and sensitive,” and the process of examination had been going on for two days due to the volume of material. "However, during the process, an accidental explosion took place at about 11.20 pm on the night of November 14. In this unfortunate accidental incident, nine people have lost their lives where as 27 police personnel, two revenue officials and three civilians have received injuries," Lokhande said.Investigators confirmed that the explosives involved in the Nowgam blast had been transported from Faridabad and were linked to the "white collar" terror module.