Samba/Jammu, Oct 11 (PTI) A rusted mortar shell was detected by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Friday, officials said.

The people found a rusted mortar shell in JDA Colony in Bari Brahmna and informed the security forces, they said.

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The bomb disposal squad has been called to defuse the shell.

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