Himachal High Court receives bomb threat email; security beefed up

A hunt cognition was conducted successful the Himachal Pradesh High Court connected Thursday aft a weaponry menace was received done an email by tribunal authorities, officials said.

Upon receiving the information, the weaponry squad, canine squad and constabulary reached the court. However, they did not observe immoderate explosives wrong the tribunal complex, they said.

As a precautionary measure, information was beefed up astatine the court, and a strict vigil is being maintained, the officials said.

Police officials confirmed the study and said that the root of the email is being figured out, and further probe is underway.

Court authorities received a akin menace successful Odisha connected Thursday (January 8, 2026), wherever the sender threatened to origin harm to the District Courts successful Cuttack, Sambalpur and Deogarh.

The Himachal High Court had received akin menace emails earlier successful June, past year.

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The email threatened the beingness of quality termination bombers carrying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) astatine the High Court, they said.

However, the menace turned retired to beryllium bogus arsenic thing was recovered successful the court, they added.