Pond digging unearths mortar shell

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an unexploded mortar shell from Amalshid village under Jokiganj upazila of Sylhet yesterday morning.

Commander Shah Alam Chowdhury of BGB battalion-41 said locals found a 2-inch-long live mortar shell while digging a pond.

Later, BGB members recovered the shell, which might have been fired by Border Security Forces (BSF) of India during an exchange of fire with BGB in 2006.