Three courts, two schools get hoax bomb threat

Over a week after the blast near the Red Fort, at least three district courts in Delhi — Saket, Rohini and Patiala House — along with two CRPF-run schools, received bomb threats on Tuesday morning, causing panic.

The threat email, sent in the name of Jaish-e-Mohammed — claiming that explosives had been planted on court premises and the schools — later turned out to be a hoax, police said. The email was addressed to the Press Information Bureau and the Delhi Police.

According to the Delhi Fire Services, the two CRPF schools in Prashant Vihar and Dwarka received the threat emails around 9 am. Similar emails were received at Patiala House, Saket and Rohini district courts.

Several teams of bomb disposal squad, dog squad, and officers from the local police station were deployed to sweep t