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Srinagar- Government forces on Monday recovered an old mortar shell in Handwara area of Kupwara district of North 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.