Overview
- On February 6, district courts in Cuttack, Puri, Phulbani and Jajpur received emailed threats, and Odisha Police later declared them hoaxes after hours-long sweeps.
- The Rajasthan High Court’s Jaipur and Jodhpur benches suspended proceedings following an email claiming RDX bombs, then reopened once searches found nothing.
- Chandigarh’s Sector 43 district court, Ranchi Civil Court and Ambala district court also reported threat emails, triggering evacuations and comprehensive checks with no explosives recovered.
- Police deployed bomb-disposal squads, sniffer dogs and forensic teams across affected sites, and cyber units are working to trace the senders with no arrests announced.
- BJD leader Naveen Patnaik urged an NIA probe after repeated disruptions, as earlier cases showed some threat emails to public institutions originated from overseas locations.