- Gujarat High Court, other courts received email bomb threat.
- Police, BDDS, SOG launched searches in Ahmedabad courts.
- Security forces initiated operations after Saturday's threat.
Gujarat Bomb Threat: The Gujarat High Court and other courts in Ahmedabad received a bomb threat via email on Saturday, prompting police teams, including Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS) and SOG personnel, to launch search operations across various courts in the city.
The police and other security agencies have been put on high alert after receiving an email threat to blow up the Gujarat High Court and other courts in Ahmedabad with RDX. Following the serious threat, a police convoy has been deployed immediately at the premises of the Metropolitan Court at Ghi Kanta and the Sessions Court at Lal Darwaza in Ahmedabad, and searches have been carried out.
What Ahmedabad Police said
A mail threatening to blow up all courts in Ahmedabad has been received, said the Ahmedabad police, adding that the police were carrying out routine searches as per protocol in the matter.
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Courts Evacuated For Searches
Local police, fire brigade teams and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad team immediately rushed to the spots. As a security measure, the entire premises of Ahmedabad Sessions Court and Metro Court were immediately evacuated. The Bomb Squad team has started a thorough investigation of the entire building and the surrounding areas.
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The threat email claims that RDX bombs have been planted in all the courts of Ahmedabad. After receiving the threatening email, security agencies have become alert and tight police security has been deployed in the entire court complex.
Bomb Scare At Kolkata Airport
Earlier in a similar incident, a note warning of a bomb was found on a Gorakhpur-bound plane at Kolkata airport on Friday evening. The bomb scare triggered a panic at the airport. The note was written on a tissue paper kept inside a toilet paper roll in the aircraft's washroom.
"All passengers were immediately deboarded. CISF personnel, the bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs conducted a thorough search of the aircraft as part of the security exercise.
(With Gujarati Jagran Reporter Purvalak Dabhi/PTI Inputs)