Jammu,: A rusted but shell was found on Sunday in a forest area at Katra town of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.’

“A live motrar shell was recovered on Sunday by the police in Kaalsha Khadd near Aarli village at Katra,” police here said.

They said that a Bomb Disposal Squad was rushed to the spot and the shell was diffused on the spot.

“Few years back, an Army firing range was in the area and they used to conduct regular exercise,” police sources said here, adding that it might have been left abandoned, but was successfully diffused by the squad

This post was published on March 17, 2019