Rajouri/Jammu, May 4: Two rusted mortar shells were found and subsequently destroyed in a controlled explosion in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said.

The mortar shells were unearthed when a farmer was ploughing his field with a tractor in Chingus-Kaneti village, the officials said. Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistan Resorts to Unprovoked Firing on LoC for 7th Consecutive Day.

The farmer, Shakeel Ahmed, informed police about the shells, which were safely destroyed by the bomb disposal squad.

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