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Mortar shell found during pond digging in Sylhet

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 06 February 2016

UNB, Sylhet :Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an unexploded mortar shell from Amalshid village in Jokiganj upazila on Friday morning.Commander Shah Alam Chowdhury of BGB battalion-41 said locals informed BGB after finding a 2-inch-long live mortar shell while they were digging a pond for Sajjadul Rahman, son of late Siddique Ali, hailing from the village around 10 am. Later, BGB members recovered the shell from the pond.The shell might have been fired by Border Security Forces (BSF) of India during an exchange of fire with BGB in 2006.