J&K police station blast: Halogen lamp near explosives under lens | India News
Investigators probing the November 14 explosion at the Nowgam police station in Srinagar, where 9 persons were killed while examining explosives seized from a terror module linked to the car blast near the Red Fort, are looking at the use of a halogen lamp by a forensic team as a possible trigger for the explosion. It is suspected that a halogen lamp kept close to a suitcase with explosive material for a significant time may have generated enough heat for the explosion. Sources said the forensic team had taken samples from all but one suitcase containing the explosives. A liquid, sources said, had been found oozing out of one of the suitcases. Since it was night already, a halogen lamp was placed near the suitcase to examine it properly and take a sample. “Halogen lights can generate considerable heat. It is suspected that the liquid that was oozing out of the suitcase was an inflammable substance mixed with ammonium nitrate. It is possible that the heat generated by the halogen light led to the liquid …
