Police were informed about the abandoned shell in the TCP area and a bomb disposal squad was requisitioned to defuse the explosive device, the officials said.

They said a group of labourers was busy in landfilling work when they noticed a rusted mortar shell, believed to have come along with the waste concrete material dumped in the locality a few days ago.

The bomb disposal squad has reached the spot and efforts are on to neutralise the shell, the officials said.

(Courtesy:PTI)