2.6K rusty bullets seized near border

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, June 24

As many as 2,649 rusty Pakistan-manufactured gun cartridges have been recovered near the barbed fencing at Narli village, 50 km from here. The ammunition was buried under the earth.

Besides Pakistan marking, the cartridges bore years 1969, 1970 and 1971.

SSP Dhruman H Nimbale said on information by Inspector PS Thomar, Commandant, 71st Battalion, BSF, a case under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act had been registered by the Khalra police.

Sukhdev Singh, former sarpanch, who had taken the land on lease from a landlord of the same village, was levelling the field with a tractor on Wednesday evening, when he heard a clanking sound near the defence drain. On close observation, he found bullets buried under the earth.

He informed the BSF authorities, following which a team visited the scene and recovered the ammunition. In all, 2,649 cartridges were recovered.

The SSP said the ammunition had rusted and might have been buried during the militancy. The police have launched an inquiry into the matter.