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Bomb threats target Delhi HC, airport, other sites on I-Day eve
The Delhi High Court, Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3, and six other locations in the national capital received bomb threats via email on Friday, the eve of Independence Day. According to…
The Story in Brief
The Delhi High Court, Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3, and six other locations in the national capital received bomb threats via email on Friday, the eve of Independence Day. According to NDTV, the email titled 'Blast Delhi High Court @2:11 PM' was sent in the name of Khalistan and claimed that a blast at the High Court would occur on Saturday at 2.11 pm, followed by explosions at district courts.
The other locations threatened included Jamnagar House, the Jhandewalan building, a Saket office, the District Magistrate's Office, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Office in Delhi Cantonment, the Delhi Metro, and Ambala-bound trains. The Economic Times reported that the email purportedly originated from Babar Khalsa Canada. However, Joint Secretary of the Delhi High Court, Advocate Kunal, told ANI that the threat appeared to be a hoax and that security sweeps found nothing suspicious.
The Indian Opinion
A bomb threat email on the eve of Independence Day is meant to cause alarm, and it did. But the swift declaration that it was a hoax should not lead to complacency. The mention of Khalistan and an overseas origin adds a familiar but dangerous twist, often exploited for sensationalism. Instead of letting fear dominate, the real test is whether security agencies can trace and prosecute the sender. Will investigations reveal a genuine separatist network or just a mischief-maker using a loaded name to cause panic?
Sources (3): thefederal.com, english.mathrubhumi.com, economictimes.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
