<p>An anonymous call claiming that a bomb was planted inside Bombay High Court premises here today sent security agencies into tizzy, who later found it was a hoax.<br /><br />"There was an anonymous call on the police extension line in the High Court this morning claiming that there is a bomb in HC premises. As a precaution, we carried out searches in the High Court building," said Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Deven Bharti.<br /><br />Soon after the call, policemen swung into action with two sniffer dogs and thoroughly checked the courtroom of a division bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla at around 12 noon but no suspicious object was found there, police said.<br /><br />The judges who sat at 11 in the morning for court proceedings had to go back to their chambers to enable cops to carry out searches.<br /><br />When asked if the caller specifically said that the bomb was planted in Justice Kanade's court room, Bharti said, "No, it was a general alert saying there was a bomb in the High Court."<br /><br />Justice Kanade has been hearing several sensitive cases including the petitions on beef ban, Nestle Maggi case, Best Bakery convictions, Haji Ali women entry case among others.</p>.<p> Searches by policemen became more vigorous during lunch hours when sniffer dogs were taken to several court rooms and offices of High Court staff.<br /><br />Following this, two unattended bags were found in the ground floor corridor of the High Court. However, it yielded nothing.<br /><br />Earlier, sources who were present in the court room said the police enquired if they had seen anyone suspicious or any abandoned bag or object in the court. </p>
<p>An anonymous call claiming that a bomb was planted inside Bombay High Court premises here today sent security agencies into tizzy, who later found it was a hoax.<br /><br />"There was an anonymous call on the police extension line in the High Court this morning claiming that there is a bomb in HC premises. As a precaution, we carried out searches in the High Court building," said Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Deven Bharti.<br /><br />Soon after the call, policemen swung into action with two sniffer dogs and thoroughly checked the courtroom of a division bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla at around 12 noon but no suspicious object was found there, police said.<br /><br />The judges who sat at 11 in the morning for court proceedings had to go back to their chambers to enable cops to carry out searches.<br /><br />When asked if the caller specifically said that the bomb was planted in Justice Kanade's court room, Bharti said, "No, it was a general alert saying there was a bomb in the High Court."<br /><br />Justice Kanade has been hearing several sensitive cases including the petitions on beef ban, Nestle Maggi case, Best Bakery convictions, Haji Ali women entry case among others.</p>.<p> Searches by policemen became more vigorous during lunch hours when sniffer dogs were taken to several court rooms and offices of High Court staff.<br /><br />Following this, two unattended bags were found in the ground floor corridor of the High Court. However, it yielded nothing.<br /><br />Earlier, sources who were present in the court room said the police enquired if they had seen anyone suspicious or any abandoned bag or object in the court. </p>