India, Dec. 22 -- Police on Sunday recovered a Chinese-made telescope that can be mounted on a firearm from the Sidhra area of Jammu, prompting a security alert and further investigation, officials said.

According to the police, the weapon-mountable telescope - also described as an assault rifle scope capable of being attached to a sniper rifle - was found in the Asrarabad locality of Sidhra after a six-year-old boy was seen playing with it.

During questioning, the child's family told officials that he had allegedly found the object in a nearby garbage dump earlier in the day.

"Jammu (Rural) Police recovered a telescope (that can be mounted on a weapon) from the Sidhra area," a police spokesperson said, adding that teams of the Special...