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Abandoned lights scare people

HYDERABAD: A couple of failed lights dumped in a corner of the road close to Venkatadri theatre in Dilsukhnagar created flutter with passers-by mistaking them for bombs on Wednesday.

The lights were tied up with a wire and some people believed they could be bombs. A Ganesh idol that was being taken out for immersion was stopped till the bomb disposal squads confirmed that the lights were nothing but scrap.

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