Old mortar shell recovered in J&K’s Kupwara

Srinagar, Jun 12 (PTI) Security forces on Monday recovered an old mortar shell in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

A road opening party of the BSF recovered the explosive in general area of Bhatpura village near a culvert on the Handwara-Naogaon highway, they said.

They said the recovered shell may have been lying at the site for some time.