Greande-shaped BP apparatus balloon creates panic in Srinagar

Srinagar, Apr 13 (UNI) Security forces were sent into a tizzy this evening when they received an information that a ''live'' hand grenade had been found near a hotel at Batamaloo here.

Panic gripped the area's residents, who were seen signaling the passers-by about the bomb.

A bomb disposal squad and some mediapersons immediately rushed to the spot on receiving the information.

As the bomb disposal squad geared up to defuse the 'live grenade', the personnel came in for a rude shock.

The ''bomb'' was actually a ''balloon of sphygmomanometer (blood pressure apparatus)''.

Interestingly, the balloon is in the shape of a grenade.

Everybody present had a hearty laugh. ''It was a joke played by somebody,'' a security official later said.

UNI