Beeping Electronic Device Creates Panic Outside Eatery Near Kochi Infopark

The device is kept inside a bag left outside the restaurant creating panic in the area after it started making a 'beeping' sound.

Kochi:An electronic device left outside a restaurant near Kakkanad Infopark here created panic in the area after it started making a 'beeping' sound. It led to the bomb squad being called and it in turn found that the device was not an explosive, police said on Friday.

The device, kept inside a bag may have been left there inadvertently or to create panic or it may be a trial run also before planting of a real explosive, police said. The incident occurred around 11 pm on Thursday when one of the patrons of the restaurant found a helmet in the bag atop his bike.

He approached the eatery owner to ask whom the bag and helmet belonged to and at that moment a beep sound began emanating from it, police told a TV channel here.

"It created panic among the people present at the time and they called the police. Thereafter, the bomb squad arrived and they found that there were no explosives in it," an officer of Infopark police station said. "Anything is possible. We have to first find out who kept it there. Thereafter, we will be able to find out the purpose behind it," the officer said.