Mortar shell recovered
Sunday, 2 March 2014
Police recovered a mortar shell at Balia village in Hajiganj in Chandpur district on Saturday evening. Officer-in-charge of Hajiganj Police Station Shah Alam said local people found the mortar shell in a field and informed police. Later, a police team led by Sub Inspectors Biplob and Shah Alam recovered the live mortar shell around 6pm. Police said the mortar shell weighing about 20 kg was made in 1965 and it might have been kept under the earth during the Liberation War in 1971, according to UNB.