Army disposes of old shell found in Surankote

Srinagar: Army on Saturday disposed of an old rocket shell in Surankote area of the Poonch district, officials said.

Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that at around 1030 hours, Army’s 16 RR found the old rocket shell laying at Mohra Bachai (Bella) in Surankote. Later Army’s bomb disposal squad disposed of the shell on the spot, they said.

SHO Surankote Tilak Raj confirmed that army disposed of the shell.

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