India, Aug. 30 -- A 45-kg unexploded artillery shell suspected to be from World War II was safely disposed of by a bomb disposal squad in Manipur's Thoubal district on Saturday, officials confirmed.

Police said the shell was discovered on August 28 around 4.30pm at Khangabok Part-3 Makha Leikai when earth was being unloaded from a tipper truck at the residence of Moirangthem Nabachandra. The soil had been collected from the bank of the Heirok river. Following the recovery, a case was registered at Thoubal police station. The Bomb Disposal Squad of Manipur Police later transported the ordnance and safely neutralised it at Langathel Chingol after taking all necessary precautionary measures.

"This was a heavy shell that could have caused m...