Panic struck residents of Sector 28 of Delhi's Rohini area after the police recovered a missile-like object from the Munak Canal near Samaypur Badli police station on the weekend.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Ravi Kumar Singh told media that they received a call on Sunday about a suspected explosive device.
Police reached the spot and cordoned off the area as a precautionary measure.
"Prima-facie, it looks like an old and hollow mortar shell, but all precautions are being taken to dispose of the shell," the DCP stated.
As the police investigate how the missile-like object arrived in the Munak Canal, a team of the anti-terror agency, the National Security Guards (NSG), are working on disposing the recovered explosive.
This is not the first time when a missile-like object has been found in the canal.
Delhi Police recovered an old mortar shell from a drain in Delhi's Kapashera Village on April 21. It was later safely disposed of by a bomb disposal squad of the National Security Guard (NSG).