Ferozepur (Punjab), April 6 The district court complexes in Ferozepur and Mohali received bomb threats via email on Monday, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said.
In Ferozepur, the threat message, received at the court's official email ID in the morning, warned that an explosive material had been planted in the court complex.
A similar threat was received at the Mohali district court complex.
After receiving the information, bomb disposal squads, dog squads, anti-sabotage and other police teams promptly arrived at the premises in Ferozepur and Mohali and evacuated the court complexes as a precautionary measure.
In Ferozepur, senior officials, including Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Dharamvir Singh and Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhwinder Singh, also reached the spot and took stock of the situation.
However, after a thorough inspection of the premises, nothing suspicious was found, the officials said.
Recalling the tense moments in Ferozepur, Bar Council president advocate Lovjeetpal Singh Turna said he came to know about the threat email in the morning.
"I immediately appealed to all the advocates and clerks working in the premises to vacate the area and help the police conduct a thorough check," said Turna.
The Ferozepur district court had received a similar bomb threat on January 8 this year. That too had turned out to be a hoax.
Meanwhile, a senior police official from Mohali said that the court complex in the district was sanitized and anti-sabotage and bomb disposal teams conducted a thorough check.
No suspicious object was found, he said.
The threat emails were sent to the official email ID of the court.
An investigation has also been launched into the origin of the emails and to identify the sender, he said.
