Another unexploded mortar shell recovered in Ghumdhum

Another unexploded mortar shell was recovered by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from the Tamru frontier in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Saturday morning.

The mortar shell was noticed by a local farmer in a vegetable patch at the Paschimkul area of Ghumdhum union in Naikhangchhari upazila, Bandarban, along the border with Myanmar.

BGB sources said at least three unexploded mortar shells have reportedly landed from Myanmar in the border areas in the last three days.

Ghumdhum Union Parishad (UP) chairman Jahangir Aziz said of the three mortar shells, one of the shells has been defused by BGB while the other two have been taken to a safe place by the BGB men.

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