Mortar Shell Found In Border Village In J-K

Villagers informed tไhe security 🦩forces about the shell lying in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC on Wednesday evening.

PTI

Updated on: 19 January 2023 5:45 am

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A villager shows a pa🦩rt of a mortar shell fired from the Pakistani side at Mendhar in Poonch district. (Image used for representational purpose only)

A villager shows a part of a mortar shell fired from the Pakistani side at Mendhar in Poonch district. (Image🐻 used for representatio🎃nal purpose only)

Security forces detected and defused a 120-mm mortar shell in a boꦕrder village in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials s♏aid on Thursday.

Villagers informed the security forces about the shell lying in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC on Wednesday evening. Official𝔍s said it is a Pakistani shell that wa𝓡s fired during cross-border shelling two years ago.

Locals feel there are some more shells buried underground in the area a﷽nd have re🐻quested the security forces to trace them.