Minor Boy Killed After Unexploded Shell Goes off in J&K’s Pulwama

10 year old Ahmad was rearing a flock of sheep in an orchard area when he found the unexploded shell.

10 year old Arif Ahmad was killed by an unexploded shell while he was rearing a flock of sheep in an orchard

(Photo: Shruti Mathur/The Quint)

A minor boy has died after an unexploded shell went off in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday, 30 December.

Arif Ahmad (10), a resident of Laroo area of Pulwama in south Kashmir, was critically injured after a shell he was playing with went off on Saturday night, an official said.

He said Ahmad was rearing a flock of sheep in an orchard area when he found the unexploded shell and picked it up.

The shell exploded in his hand, injuring him critically, the official said.

According to the official, the minor boy was rushed to the district hospital in Pulwama and was referred to the SMHS hospital here.

However, Ahmad succumbed to injuries at the SMHS, the official said, adding that the police have registered a case.