Overview

• On July 17, an anonymous email warned of an explosion at the Gujarat Chief Minister’s Office and state secretariat in Gandhinagar.
• Gandhinagar police mobilised the CM security wing and bomb detection squad to evacuate and search the entire complex.
• Authorities confirmed the threat was a hoax after finding no suspicious objects or materials on site.
• An FIR was filed at Sector-7 police station against the unidentified sender under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.
• Cybercrime units have begun tracing the email’s origin as part of investigations into a wave of similar hoax threats to courts, schools and government buildings.