Bihar: Patna High Court on Friday received an email threatening to blow up the court premises. All the relevant security agencies were informed following which police, along with bomb disposal squad, ATS reached the spot and searched the area.
Speaking on the matter, DSP Law and Order Krishna Murari Prasad said, "The threat was received on the mail id of Registrar General of the High Court... security teams including police, dog squad, ATS, bomb squad reached the spot. Meanwhile, the security of the entire area has been increased."
A search operation was conducted throughout the court premises but no suspicious article was found. The e-mail threat turned out to be a hoax. The sender will be arrested soon, a police officer said.
The sender of the mail had threatened to "blow up" the court.
An official said that Patna Police took the e-mail "very seriously" as an under trial gangster, Chote Sarkar was gunned down at Danapur sub-divisional court last month.
Reported by Bittu Kumar
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