Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) An unexploded mortar shell was found and subsequently defused by experts in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu's Akhnoor sector on Saturday, officials said.

The mortar shell was noticed lying at a secluded place by some villagers in the outskirts of Dhalery village this evening, the officials said.

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They said bomb disposal squad of police and army experts cordoned off the area and the mortar shell was safely defused.

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