Multiple locations in Delhi, including the High Court and Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport, received bomb threats on Friday, a day ahead of Independence Day, The Hindu reported.The Delhi High Court received a threatening email with the subject line “Bomb Blast Delhi High Court @ 2:11PM”. The email warned of a blast at the High Court premises at 2.11 pm on Saturday, followed by explosions at district courts in the national capital at 3.11pm, the newspaper reported.Threats were also received at Jamnagar House, the Jhandewalan Flatted Factory Complex, the district magistrate’s office in Saket and the sub-divisional magistrate’s office in Delhi Cantonment, ANI quoted the Delhi Fire Services as saying.Police, bomb disposal teams, fire department personnel, dog squads and other security agencies carried out searches at the sites, The Indian Express reported.Officials said nothing suspicious had been found so far.The threats come as security arrangements have been tightened across Delhi ahead of Independence Day on August 15.Edited by Neerad Pandharipande.
Delhi HC, airport, several other sites receive bomb threats ahead of Independence Day
Nothing suspicious had been found so far, officials said.
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