Hassan district court receives bomb threat e-mail, later declared hoax

Hassan: The Hassan District Court Complex received a bomb threat e-mail, on Tuesday. However, it was declared hoax by the police later after inspection.

According to sources, the court received an e-mail at 5.40 am, on Tuesday, which threatened that an RDX bomb filled with cyanide gas would explode at the judges' chamber at 11.50 am.

The judges and the citizens should be evacuated before 11 am, it warned. The e-mail also mentioned the name of Ajmal Kasab, issues related to terrorism, law and the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

Senior police officers, led by Hassan DAR DySP Palaksha visited the spot at 12.40 pm and sniffer dog squad and bomb disposal squad were pressed into service.

The court proceedings resumed after a clearance was given by the police department, which declared that no bombs or suspicious objects were found on the premises.

Court administrative officer D Vasantha has lodged a complaint at Hassan city police station.

It may be mentioned that this was the third time an e-mail threat has been sent. Such mail threats were sent on January 6 and February 16. Earlier, a threat mail was sent to DC's office on December 15. All the bomb threats turned out to be hoax mails.