Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Jan 8: A live mortar shell allegedly fired by Pakistan Rangers earlier this month was found in a field in a village in the border belt of Kathua district, leading to panic in the area, police said today.
Security forces recovered the live shell yesterday from Bobiya village in Hiranagar sector a Police official said.
A farmer Pardeep Singh had found the live mortar bomb in his field and informed the villagers.
“The people were panic stricken and informed security forces, who recovered the shell,” the official said.
The shell allegedly fired by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border in Hiranagar and Samba sectors led to the killing of a BSF jawan on January 3.
Police said the live shell has been covered and it will be defused tomorrow by bomb disposal squad.
In the same area a buffalo was killed and another was injured in the shelling from across the border some days back. The buffalo belonged to Tirath Singh a resident of the area, police said.
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