Gujarat High Court gets bomb threat, turned out to be hoax

The Gujarat High Court on Monday received a bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax after a thorough check of the premises, police said.

This was the third bomb threat received by the Gujarat HC since June this year.

An email, which was sent by an unidentified person on Monday morning to the official ID of the Gujarat HC, claimed RDX has been placed in the court building, located on Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway in Ahmedabad, Sola police station inspector KN Bhukan said.

"Upon learning about the threat from the court officials, local police, along with a dog squad, and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and started scanning all the buildings in the high court premises without disturbing the proceedings," said Bhukan.

The police carried out a thorough check of the premises, including all the court buildings, chambers, as well as parked and incoming cars, he said.

Nothing suspicious was found in the premises, the official said.