Jammu: Mortar shell defused near LoC

The Security forces detected and defused a 120-mm mortar shell in a border village in Jammu’s Poonch district, officials said on Thursday.

Villagers informed the army about the shell lying in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC on Wednesday evening.

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Officials said it is a Pakistani shell that was fired during cross-border shelling two years ago.

 

Locals feel there are some more shells buried underground in the area and have requested the forces to trace them.