Multiple courts in Delhi — Saket, Dwarka and Patiala House — along with two CRPF-run schools, received bomb threats on Tuesday morning, prompting large-scale security checks across the national Capital. Authorities are probing the source of the emails, and security has been tightened across the Capital.
Three court complexes in Delhi, including the Saket District Court and Patiala House Court, were vacated after receiving the bomb threat e-mails. Around the same time, an unidentified man called the Police Control Room (PCR), claiming that bombs had been placed inside CRPF schools located in Prashant Vihar and Dwarka.
The incident comes just a week after a car explosion near the Red Fort on November 10 claimed the lives of 15 people, raising tensions in the city once again.
Police said an email sent in the name of a terror module claimed that explosives had been planted on court premises early morning, prompting an immediate security alert. Multiple teams of bomb disposal squad, dog squad, and officers from the local police station were deployed to sweep the district court complexes.
Later in the day, following a search operation, the email was found to be a hoax. “So far, nothing suspicious was found during the checks,” said the police source, adding that the email from which the message was received is under surveillance to determine its origin.
The threat triggered a similar response in this case, too, and teams were dispatched to the locations and schools were evacuated.” We thoroughly inspected the schools, and nothing suspicious was found. The threat was declared a hoax,” a Delhi Fire Services official said.
A police officer said the caller’s phone switched off soon after issuing the threat, and efforts are underway to trace him. Earlier, Dhir Singh Kasana, former secretary of the Saket Court Bar Association, said that court proceedings had stopped for about two hours but resumed after lunch.
Navneet Panwar, vice president of the New Delhi Bar Association in Patiala House courts, too, confirmed that following the bomb threat, a sanitisation exercise was conducted, and proceedings were halted for a small period. “The court proceedings are on. There was only a brief halt,” Panwar said.
Meanwhile, Jasir Bilal Wani, NIA’s second arrest in the Red Fort bomb blast probe, was produced in Patiala House courts amid tight security. These threats to district courts came at around the same time after two CRPF-run schools in the national capital received bomb threats. According to reports, an unidentified man called the Police Control Room (PCR) claiming that explosives had been planted on the premises of CRPF schools located in Prashant Vihar and Dwarka.
“After receiving the call, teams were rushed to both locations and the school buildings were evacuated as a precaution,” a senior police officer said. He said the caller’s phone switched off soon after the threat was issued, and attempts to trace him are ongoing.
“We thoroughly inspected the schools, and nothing suspicious was found. The threat was declared a hoax,” a Delhi Fire Services official said.
Police are analysing call records and technical details to identify the caller and ascertain the motive behind the hoax threat, the officer added.