Ranchi/Jamshedpur, March 10 The Ranchi and Jamtara civil courts, as well as Jamshedpur's renowned institute XLRI, received emails on Tuesday threatening to detonate explosives on the premises.
However, these turned out to be hoaxes, as nothing suspicious was found during thorough searches, police said.
With the latest threat, the Ranchi civil court received its third such email in recent months. Earlier, similar threats were received on February 6 and February 28.
Kotwali Deputy Superintendent of Police Prakash Soy said, "We conducted a thorough search of the court premises. A bomb disposal squad from the Jharkhand Jaguar was dispatched to the scene after receiving information about the email threat, but nothing suspicious was found."
He further said that, according to information received from the court, the email sender threatened to blow up the building using 14 "cyanide bombs." The email also stated that "since justice was not being served, the court would be blown up."
Police have taken the email seriously and, with the assistance of the technical team and cyber cell, are trying to trace the source, he said.
Meanwhile, a threat to detonate explosives at the Jamtara civil court was received via email, which caused panic on the premises, a senior police officer said.
Sanjay Kumar, DSP Headquarters, Jamtara, said, "A threat to detonate explosives at the civil court was received via email. Taking cognisance of it, a team of bomb disposal experts from Ranchi was called in and an extensive search was conducted on the court premises, but nothing suspicious was found."
The police have registered an FIR in this regard and, with the help of the cyber and technical cell, efforts are being made to trace the source of the email, Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the East Singhbhum Police also carried out a thorough search inside the prestigious B-school, XLRI, after the management received an email threatening to detonate explosives on the campus.
The police evacuated the premises, and law enforcement officers, along with the bomb squad and sniffer dog squad, searched the campus.
However, nothing suspicious was found, and the email appears to be a hoax, Bistupur police station officer-in-charge Alok Kumar Dubey said.
Earlier, on February 6, the Ranchi district collectorate received an email threatening to detonate explosives on the premises. On March 6, the Ranchi passport office received a similar threat, which turned out to be a hoax. Similarly, on Monday, the Bokaro district civil court received a similar threat via email to blow it up with 14 "cyanide bombs."