Delhi Assembly Speaker writes to Delhi Police CP over repeated bomb threats to Legislative Assembly

Speaker Vijender Gupta has written a letter to the Commissioner of Delhi Police Satish Golcha given the repeated number to bomb threats mails the Legislative Assembly has been receiving.

The Assembly received an email on Monday as well.

Through the letter, the Speaker has brought to attention of the CP over the repeated emails sent to the official email ID of the Assembly as well as to his personal email ID over the past few weeks. 

These reportedly mention plans of planting bombs in the Assembly building and carrying out blasts within a specified time. 

He further noted that another such threatening email was received at 11:12 am on the official email ID, as well as from another email address, containing alarming claims about explosives being used inside the Assembly premises, according to an official. 

The matter had already been forwarded earlier for investigation, but the continued receipt of such emails is hampering the smooth functioning of the institution and creating fear among staff members. 

Emphasising that the Delhi Legislative Assembly is a vital democratic institution, Gupta stated that any threat to it is extremely serious. 

As the Presiding Officer and Head of the Assembly, he has requested an urgent action to trace the source of these emails, bring the perpetrators to justice, and take immediate steps to strengthen security arrangements in and around the Assembly premises to prevent any untoward incident.