Mortar shells defused in Samba, Poonch

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: Security forces detected and defused two live mortar shells in border districts of Samba and Poonch.
Locals informed police about an unexploded mortar shell lying in Chak Faqira village in Samba. The security forces safely defused the shell on Thursday evening, they said.
In another incident, a mortar shell found in the forward area along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch’s Mendhar sector was defused by the security forces, the police said.