Rajouri, May 14 -- Security forces retrieved and defused a projectile found in a field in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

The Indian Army has managed to defuse unexploded shells in the residential areas of villages near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The live shells were found after Pakistan resorted to shelling across the LoC. However, the army successfully defused them for the safety of the locals in the border villages.

Earlier on Tuesday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo said that the administration has been working to compensate those affected by Pakistani shelling, with more bunkers being built in the border areas.

"Many people have been injured and houses ...