India News | Old Mortar Shell Found Near Railway Tracks in J-K's Samba
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Samba/ An old mortar shell was found near railway tracks in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a police official said.
Samba/Jammu, Jan 1 (PTI) An old mortar shell was found near railway tracks in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a police official said.
The shell was noticed lying some 150 metres from the railway line at Kali Badi near Samba railway station, the official said.
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He said a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the scene which inspected the mortar and found it empty.
The shell was later handed over to the accompanying team from Rakh Amb-Tali police post, the official said.
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