MENDHAR/JAMMU, Feb 23: In the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, an Army patrol demolished a corroded landmine using a controlled explosion on Friday, according to officials. They added that on Thursday, in the Mankote sector’s Balnoi area, a landmine was discovered next to the border fence. Experts were called in, according to the government, and the landmine was removed. The front areas are peppered with landmines as part of an anti-infiltration barrier system; the officials indicated that occasionally, the landmines are washed away by rain and also cause unintentional detonation.
