Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 8: The Border Security Force (BSF) today recovered an 81mm mortar shell from a field after a farmer detected it and informed security forces at forward village of Sadoh, close to the International Border (IB) in Samba sector.
Reports said a farmer Santram son of Gyan Chand, a resident of village Sadoh was working in the fields when he detected an 81mm mortar shell lying in his field on back side of a BSF’s Border Out Post (BOP). He immediately informed the BSF, whose jawans rushed to the spot and seized the mortar.
The explosive device was defused safely.
Reports said the mortar shell might have been fired by the Pakistani Rangers during shelling sometime back and might have been left undetected.
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