Breaking News: Bombay High Court receives bomb threat email
The Bombay High Court(HC) received a bomb threat email on Friday, just minutes after the Delhi High Court received a threat. The Bombay Bar Association alerted all members and staff to leave the court premises. It is to be noted that the hearings has been suspended. The building was evacuated. Meanwhile, the police are searching the premises.
Earlier in the day, a bomb threat spread panic in the Delhi High Court for litigants and judges alike, prompting the latter to rise abruptly. The pandemonium followed an email through which the court administration received a threat of an attack in the high court.
This prompted the police and other agencies to launch a search operation. The e-mail was received by the registrar general at around 8.39 am, and some of the judges were informed about it, sources were cited as saying by news agency PTI.
When the judges were conducting proceedings, their court staff came and informed them about the bomb threat e-mail after which they rushed out of the courtrooms. While some of the judges started rising at around 11.35 am, others kept holding their respective courts till 12 noon. A bomb disposal squad also reached the high court premises.
Security was beefed up and everyone present in the court premises was asked to vacate. According to the sources, the e-mail said “as a sample, today’s blast in the Delhi High Court will clear the doubts of previous bluffs and judges’ chambers will detonate shortly after the mid-day Islamic prayers”.
They said the e-mail said three bombs have been placed in judges’ rooms/court complex and everyone should vacate the court complex by 2 pm.
This is breaking news. Further details will be updated.
