Mortar shells defused in Samba, Poonch

STATE TIMES NEWS

Jammu: Security forces detected and defused two live mortar shells in Samba and Poonch, officials said on Friday. Locals informed police about an unexploded mortar shell lying in Chak Faqira village in Samba. The security forces safely defused the shell on Thursday evening, they said. In another incident, a mortar shell found in the forward area along LoC in Poonch’s Mendhar sector was defused by the security forces, the police said.