Mortar shell found, defused

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 27: Police found one 51 mm mortar shell near Paloura area here.
As per police sources, one mortar shell of 51 mm was found near Paloura on Sunday evening following which a team of Bomb Disposal Squad was immediately pressed into service.
The shell was seized and later was defused in river Tawi bed.
The shell was found during digging for widening of road.
BSF headquarters is also close to the site from where the mortar shell was seized.