Srinagar, June 05: Forces on Friday claimed to have defused a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG 7) shell at Hiller village of Kokarnag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Officials told that some locals spotted the suspicious objects in the fields and informed police about it. Soon after, a police team and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) reached the site.

A police officer said that bomb disposal squad have destroyed the live shell in Hiller village and averted a major tragedy—(KNO)