Hyderabad: A CBI court here received a bomb threat by e-mail on Friday, which was later found to be a hoax, police said. According to court authorities, they received a similar hoax email bomb threat on February 18, and Friday’s message was identical, including details of the sender.
A thorough check was conducted in the court premises, and the threat was declared a hoax, police said, adding that an investigation is underway to trace the origin of the emails.
The email received on February 18 claimed that RDX IEDs were planted in the judge’s chamber and court premises and would detonate when individuals carrying remote control devices approached the office.
In similar incidents in the past week, anonymous emails threatening to blow up the Karimnagar district court, in Telangana, and in the Rajamahendravaram and Anantapur courts in Andhra Pradesh have triggered panic and heightened security measures. This spate of threats is part of a wider pattern, with similar emails recently reported in courts across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka.