New Delhi: The Delhi high court on September 12, Friday, witnessed judges suddenly cancelling appearances and benches rose abruptly. An alleged bomb threat is meant to be the reason for the disruption.

Judges left without giving any reason and courtrooms were vacated.

The official email account of the Delhi high court received a mail after 8:30 am “claiming a blast will take place at the court premises,” The Hindu reported citing sources. Delhi police confirmed that a PCR call was received in the morning regarding an e-mail claiming that a bomb was in the court premises.

Later, Bombay high court was also dealing with a bomb threat on email. NDTV reports that “minutes after the Delhi High Court, the Bombay High Court too received a bomb threat email on Friday.” According to Mumbai Police sources, said the portal, bomb detection squads conducted searches inside the court, but preliminary reports suggest that it was “a hoax threat”.

There have been a series of hoax bomb threats to schools in Delhi and other educational institutions in the recent past. The threat to high courts is a new one.

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