Villagers find 3 mortar shells in J&K's Samba

Three mortar shells were found near a stream in Sangwali village of Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Monday, officials said.

An official said a villager noticed the shells at Sangwali Morh in Ghagwal area along the Jammu-Pathankot Highway around 6.30 am and alerted the security officials. The police, along with bomb disposal squad, recovered three 81 mm mortar shells. 

Quoting preliminary investigation, the officials said it is believed that some scrap dealer dumped the mortar shells near the stream.

According to a few other sources, the old mortar was displaced due to rain. A thorough search was conducted by the police in the area following this. 

(With agency inputs.)