Grenade defused in Rajouri

A live China-made grenade has been detected and defused by security forces at a village in border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir.

Some villagers yesterday found the grenade on a roadside near Baryoon Dhara village in Thanamandi belt of Rajouri district and informed police.

After the information, the Army sent a bomb disposal squad, which defused the grenade, police said.

Security forces have launched a search in the area but no arrest has been made so far.

Last year, two children had died in the same village when a grenade, planted by militants, exploded.