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Trichy Court Evacuated After Hoax Bomb Threat
8 Jun
Summary
- Court complex in Trichy received an email claiming bombs were planted.
- Bomb squads searched the premises but found no explosives.
- Police are investigating to trace the source of the hoax email.
Tension escalated within the Trichy Combined court complex on Monday following a received email that falsely claimed bomb devices had been planted on the premises. Court officials promptly alerted the police, who dispatched a specialized five-member team from the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), accompanied by sniffer dogs.
The BDDS team initiated a thorough search of the entire court complex. After several hours of investigation concluding in the afternoon, they determined that the threat was indeed a hoax, confirming the absence of any explosive devices.
This incident marks the latest in a series of similar hoax bomb threats that have targeted government offices and public spaces in Trichy over the past year. Law enforcement has launched a comprehensive investigation to trace the origin of the email and apprehend the individuals responsible for disseminating the false threat.
