J-K: Mortar shell destroyed in controlled blast in Samba

An mortar shell was found in a field and was later destroyed in a controlled explosion by a bomb disposal squad in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Tuesday, police said.

The mortar shell, which was old and rusted, was noticed by a person working in his fields at Rajpura village in Ghagwal, a police official said. He said a police party along with a BDS team was rushed to the scene and the mortar shell was later destroyed at the scene without causing any damage.