Old mortar shell recovered in Handwara: Police
Srinagar, Jun 12: An old mortar shell was recovered by BSF in Handwara, police said on Monday morning.
“An information was generated wherein a Road Opening Party of BSF said it recovered an ‘IED’ in general area of Bhatpura village near a culvert”, a police official said, adding “However on a close assessment, the recovered ammunition turned out to be an old mortar shell.”
“The recovered shell may have been lying at the site for a quite a time”, the official further said.
