Consulate General of Israel, Karnataka High Court receive hoax bomb threat

Bengaluru: The Consulate General of Israel in Bengaluru and the Karnataka High Court recently received bomb threats via email, which were declared a hoax after thorough searches.

Although the FIRs were registered by the Halasuru and Vidhana Soudha police on September 22 and 19, respectively, the incident came to light on Saturday.

Both the Consulate General of Israel and the High Court received the email from [e-mail] on September 19. However, the Consulate General of Israel became aware of the email on September 22, the FIR noted.

“6 RDX IEDs Planted in Israeli Consulate Bengaluru, Blasts will Occur After Friday Islamic Prayers,” the email sent to the consulate claimed, as per the FIR.

The same threat was made in the email sent to the office of the Registrar General of the Karnataka High Court.

As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), a thorough search was held on the premises, and the threats were declared a hoax. The separate FIRs are being investigated by the police, senior officers told DH.

The High Court had received four similar threats previously since June this year, which were all declared hoaxes.