After Delhi High Court, the Bombay HC also received a bomb threat via email on Friday, prompting authorities to conduct searches on the court premises. Earlier, the Delhi High Court received threat mail leading to the evacuation of the court premises until 2 pm. In the email, the sender claimed that a bomb had been planted on the three courtrooms.
Bomb squads and dog squads were immediately deployed to the site, and an investigation into the matter is currently underway. The email is being examined, while advocates and judges have moved out of the court premises. Delhi Police has taken precautionary measures and the court has been vacated.
A lawyer in Delhi stated that a threat mail had circulated in which it was said that the person is from ISIS. "The content of the email is unclear...Police, bomb squad have reached the spot," he added.
Another lawyer said, "We were asked by the security officials to vacate the court...The court proceedings have been stopped."
Meanwhile, a lawyer from Mumbai said, "Police told us to go out and that there is a bomb threat rumour. They told us that this is an order of the Chief Justice."
What's in the mail?
The threat mail, sent by an individual named as Vijay Sharma to RG Arun Bhardwaj, made horrifying claims of a terror conspiracy aimed at recreating the infamous 1998 bomb blasts.
The threat message read: “A smart and dynamic young Shia Muslim by the name Dr. Shah Faesal has successfully made links with the Paksitan 151 cells in Coimbatore to recreate the 1998 blasts today in Patna. See, the basic funda is, secular parties depend on allowing family dynasty politics and corruption to thrive in-order to fight BJP/RSS. When the heirs (Rahul Gandhi, Udhayanidhi) are prevented from power they lose interest in fighting against RSS, Contact Satyabama Sengottayan for IED device location and defusing.codes.” It also mentioned a phone number.
The letter claims involvement of Pakistan while warning about the placement of three bombs at the court premises. The sender's email ID has been identified as "kanimozhi.thevidiya@outlook.com".
"The assets within the Police have been sown since 2017, for this Holy Friday. As a sample, today's blast in your Delhi High Court will clear the doubt of previous bluffs. Judge Chamber will detonate shortly after Mid-Day Islamic Prayers," the letter read, making controversial claims.
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