Among the deceased were six policemen: State Investigation Agency Inspector Israr Ahmad Shah, Selection Grade Constables Javaid Mansoor Rather and Arshid Ahmad Shah (both Crime Branch photographers), Selection Grade Constable Aijaz Afzal Mir, and Constables Mohammad Amin Mir and Showkat Ahmad Bhat (all three working with the Forensic Science Laboratory)
Officials said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, NIA Director General Sadanand Date, DGP Nalin Prabhat, General Officer Commanding of the Army's 15 Corps, Lt Gen Prashant Srivastava, and other officers from civil administration, police, and other security forces and agencies also paid floral tributes to the police personnel killed in the blast
Naib Tehsildar Muzaffar Ahmed Khan, Chowkidar of the area Suhail Ahmad Rather, and Mohammad Shafi Parray, a tailor, were the others killed in the accidental blast
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