Abandoned suitcase triggers panic in Mysuru

Mysuru: An abandoned suitcase, which was found in the heart of the city, caused panic among the people, forcing the police to summon the bomb squad on Tuesday.
The suitcase was found near a prominent textiles showroom located on New Sayyaji Rao Road near Agrahara Circle. The people who noticed the suitcase in the morning, informed the police, who rushed to the spot with the bomb squad.
Barricades were erected around the suitcase, and police diverted traffic and prevented people from going close to it. The bomb squad personnel used metal detectors to examine the suitcase, but found no explosives in it, and then took the suitcase to the jurisdictional KR police station.
Meanwhile, textile merchant Srinivas Gowda from Bengaluru approached the police, claiming that the suitcase belongs to him. He told the police that he had come to Mysuru with two suitcases containing garments, in a car, for business. He had got down to eat breakfast at Mylary Hotel in Agrahara, and that while he was about to return, he got a business call.
He got immersed in the phone call, and kept only one of the suitcases in the car, but forgot the other one on the road. After he travelled for a few kilometres, he realized about the missing suitcase, and returned back to the place. There the public informed him about the incident, and directed him to go to the nearby police station.
The police officers who heard the businessman’s plea, took an undertaking from him, and returned the suitcase to him, after issuing him a warning.