Bomb 'dropped during 1971 war' found in fields.

NAROWAL -- A 90-pound decades-old artillery shell was found in the fields here and later defused by the bomb disposal squad.

Muhammad Aslam, a resident of Panwan Khokhar in the vicinity of Shakargarh, Narowal district, was working in his fields when he found the shell while ploughing. A large number of villagers gathered there and Aslam informed the Kot Nainan police station.

Police reached the spot and cordoned off the area as a safety measure. They informed the bomb disposal squad that rushed to the spot and defused the bomb. The squad's...

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