Thane/Hingoli/Pune, The district and sessions courts in Maharashtra’s Pune, Thane, Hingoli and Beed received emails threatening bomb blasts on the premises on Monday, triggering a security scare and a police search.
The court authorities immediately informed the police, following which a police team, accompanied by the BDDS, rushed to the spot and launched a thorough search. “Personnel from Thane Nagar police station evacuated the entire court complex. Judges, advocates and other staffers were safely led out of the premises. A dog squad and BDDS personnel then carried out a thorough search,” an official informed. “The court administration received a bomb threat through an email stating that a bomb has been placed in the court building. “A contingent of police, BDDS and LCB personnel, along with a dog squad, reached the court complex.
The court building in Thane city was evacuated in the afternoon as the office received a message that a bomb would explode at 3.30 pm, according to police.
Police said nothing suspicious was found on the premises of courts in Thane, Hingoli and Beed, while a search is underway at the district and sessions court in Shivajinagar, Pune. In Pune, the Shivajinagar court premises were evacuated after the court administration received a bomb threat, a Pune Police officer said. Teams are carrying out a sanitisation and search operation,” Additional Superintendent of Police Shaikh Sameer said.
