Srinagar, March 07: (GNS) Two hand grenades were recovered and defused by the bomb disposal squad at Heff Shirmal in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday.
A police official told GNS that locals while clearing the debris near encounter site in Heff Shirmal found the two hand grenades and they later informed the concerned police station about it.
Soon after receiving the information, the police team and bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot and recovered the hand grenades, he said.
Meanwhile, the BDS squad diffused the devices without causing any damage, he said.
Pertinently, On Feb 24/25, two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants were killed and four army men including a Major were injured in an encounter at Heff Shermal in Shopian district.
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