Chandigarh, Apr 24 (PTI) A pistol and seven live rounds were recovered from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Fazilka district, a BSF spokesperson said on Monday.

Acting on specific information, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel launched a search operation at Chak Bazida village in Fazilka.

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During the search, they recovered a pistol, a magazine and seven live rounds from an agricultural field.

The pistol found was partly rusty, the BSF official said.

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