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Police: It was a TV Remote Control, Not a Bomb
Not the first time a remote was called a 'suspicious object'
We've seen remote controls bomb before, but no one ever called the police about it.
In New Delhi, the bomb squad was called when a "suspicious object" was found in a market square. After cordoning off the crime scene and examining the device, police determined that it was in fact a harmless TV remote control.
The Times of India reports:
"It was an old remote without any cell. Police reached the spot and found nothing suspicious upon examination," said Chhaya Sharma, DCP, South.
A senior police officer from the southern range said: "We received a call about a remote-like device. The remote, we believe, was dropped by someone. It turned out to be a dud bomb call. However, we have sent the remote for forensic test."
Interestingly, shopkeepers recalled a similar instance recently in which "a bag was found unattended in the market, which also turned out to be a hoax."
Which? The bag or the market?
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Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.
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