Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Apr 11: Five days after recovery of three anti-personnel mines, five more mines were found in the border village of Dera in Rajpura block of Samba district today officials said.
They said, the rusted mines were recovered while digging at the house of one Darshan Lal, son of Faqir Chand at Dera, Samba. On April 6, three rusted mines were found at the same place while digging, the officials added.
Police party from Rajpura reached the spot and took the mines in its custody, they said. A Bomb Disposal Squad, Samba was summoned for neutralizing the bombs, they added.
Later all anti personnel mines were defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad at a safer place, and the village was freed from all danger.
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