Two press bodies receive bomb threat e-mails; declared hoax

The offices of the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) received weaponry threats e-mails from an chartless sender connected Saturday, which were aboriginal declared arsenic a hoax, said the police.

The constabulary received the accusation astir 1.30 p.m., pursuing an email to the IWPC threatening that explosives were placed connected its premises astatine 5, Windsor Place, Ashoka Road.

Another connection issued a akin menace to the DUJ bureau astatine F-29, Shankar Market successful the Connaught Place area.

Multiple constabulary teams, accompanied by the weaponry disposal unit, canine squads, and occurrence tenders, rushed to the locations and conducted extended checks. The areas were cordoned disconnected and entree was restricted arsenic information agencies carried retired a expanse of the premises.

“Nothing suspicious was recovered astatine some locations. After thorough inspection, some threats were declared a hoax,” a elder serviceman said, adding that further probe is nether way.