Jammu, Nov 17 (PTI) BSF troops recovered and defused an old mortar shell in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.

The old and rusted shell was found in a farmer's field in Chachwal village, the officials said.

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The bomb disposal squad later destroyed the mortar shell and averted a possible tragedy, they said.

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