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Delhi High Court, airport receive hoax bomb threats ahead of Independence Day
Some people sent scary emails to important buildings in Delhi, India.
The emails said there would be a bomb explosion.
The threats went to the Delhi High Court, the airport, and several government offices.
This happened one day before India's Independence Day on August 15.
Police, firefighters, and bomb experts rushed to check all the buildings.
They searched everywhere, even with sniffer dogs.
They did not find anything dangerous.
The police said the threats were hoaxes, meaning tricks and not real dangers.
People are still being careful because big celebrations are coming.
The Delhi High Court, Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport and several Delhi government offices received bomb threats via email on Friday, a day before Independence Day.
Police, bomb disposal squads, fire service personnel, sniffer dogs and other security agencies searched all locations and found nothing suspicious.
Authorities declared all the threats a hoax, though investigations and security checks remain ongoing.
Reports varied on the email wording, which warned of a blast at the Delhi High Court at 2:11 pm and explosions at district courts at 3:11 pm.
Security was heightened across Delhi ahead of Independence Day on August 15, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to address the nation from the Red Fort.
- Who
- Delhi Police, bomb disposal teams, fire service personnel, other security agencies, and officials of the Delhi High Court.
- What
- Email bomb threats targeting multiple Delhi locations, all declared hoaxes after searches.
- Where
- Delhi, including the Delhi High Court, Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport, Jamnagar House, Jhandewalan Flatted Factory Complex, the Saket district magistrate's office and the Delhi Cantonment sub-divisional magistrate's office.
- When
- Friday, a day before Independence Day (August 15).
- Why
- The threats came as security arrangements were tightened ahead of Independence Day celebrations on August 15.
Key facts
- Event
- Email bomb threats to Delhi High Court, airport and other sensitive sites
- Date
- Friday, a day before Independence Day on August 15
- High Court threat time
- 2:11 pm (blast warning, followed by district court explosions at 3:11 pm per one report)
- Locations threatened
- Delhi High Court, IGI Airport Terminal 3, Jamnagar House, Jhandewalan Flatted Factory Complex, Saket DM Office, Delhi Cantonment SDM Office
- Status
- All threats declared hoaxes; nothing suspicious found
- Investigations
- Ongoing; registrar general of the High Court in touch with Delhi Police
- Planned event
- PM Narendra Modi to address the nation from the Red Fort on Independence Day
Quotes
Delhi Fire Service official
Representative of the Delhi Fire Service
“The fire tenders have been dispatched to the locations mentioned in the threat emails.”
thehansindia.com
“Nothing suspicious has been found at any of the sites during the searches so far.”
theprint.in
Sources
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