KOLKATA: A bomb scare sparked chaos at the Asansol Court in West Burdwan district of West Bengal during peak working hours on Tuesday afternoon after the District Judge received a threatening email.
Personnel from the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate swiftly evacuated the premises and launched an intensive search for explosives, while sources suggested the threat might be a hoax, though no official confirmation has yet been received.
The email claimed that an RDX-IED had been planted at a strategic location within the court complex and would be detonated through remote control at noon. The message said that five to seven Maoists would enter the court and the judge’s chamber to execute the explosion, a police official said.
Tuesday is a full working day at the court, with litigants, lawyers and judges present for scheduled hearings when the threat surfaced.