Daijiworld Media Network - Jaipur

Jaipur, Aug 17: Panic gripped Amer in Jaipur on Monday morning after a live mortar shell was found in a village field near a CRPF campus.

A local woman spotted the suspicious object while passing through Thakrala ki Dhani in Ward No. 148 at around 10.30 am. She alerted her family, following which residents informed the police control room.

Amer police and a Civil Defence team reached the spot within minutes and dispersed the crowd that had gathered around the object.

After an initial assessment, the Bomb Disposal Squad was called in and identified the suspicious object as a mortar shell.

Deputy Controller of Civil Defence Amit Sharma said the control room received the information at around 11.05 am. Police and Civil Defence personnel reached the location approximately eight minutes later and began examining the shell.

The live mortar shell was secured and transported from the populated area to a secluded location for disposal.

The shell was placed in a deep pit and neutralised at around 2 pm. A loud explosion was heard during the disposal operation.

Amer Station House Officer Gautam Dotasara confirmed that the live mortar shell had been found among waste in a field in the village.

Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to determine the source of the shell and how it came to be dumped at the location.

Civil Defence officials said Amit Sharma led the disposal operation. CDE Asrar Ahmed, Rajesh Kumar, Yunus Khan, Mohammad Bilal, Deepak Saini and Ghanshyam Sharma were among the personnel involved in the operation.