Live grenade found in govt building sparks fear in J-K's Poonch, defused

Bomb disposal squads have defused a live grenade found on the rooftop of a government building in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Friday.

The recovery of the bomb triggered panic and fear among residents of the government quarters from where it was recovered.

Some children found the hand grenade while playing on the terrace of a government quarter building in the vicinity of Raja Sukhdev District hospital on Thursday evening and raised an alarm, prompting the police to rush to the spot, they said.

A police team cordoned off the area to ensure the safety of residents and hospital staff as the area was struck with the fear of an unsuccessful grenade attack by suspected terrorists, they added.

The bomb disposal experts were called in to defuse the grenade and an investigation has been launched, the police said.

The police suspected that someone had thrown the grenade and fled, but it did not explode.

"My kids kept telling me that something was on the terrace a