Discovery of empty rocket shell causes panic

Discovery of an empty rocket shell created panic in the area near the Old Dairy Farm here today.

Locals who spotted it thought it was a bomb, and alerted the Arilova police.

Police summoned a bomb disposal squad, however it was found to be an empty shell.

An officer of Eastern Naval Command said it was a shell of indigenously-built Long Range Inert Rocket (LRIR), a practise rocket used by the Navy.