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Hoax Bomb Threats Trigger Evacuations at Veraval and Hyderabad Civil Courts

Both alerts were confirmed as hoaxes with cyber investigations now under way to unmask the perpetrators

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Overview

  • On July 7, Veraval District Court in Gujarat was evacuated after an email threatened to blow it up, but thorough searches by bomb disposal and sniffer dog squads found no explosives.
  • On July 8, the Chief Judge of Hyderabad City Civil Court received an email claiming four RDX-based IEDs were planted, prompting an evacuation and a search that confirmed no suspicious items.
  • Cyber Crime Cell and local police units have launched digital forensic investigations to trace the anonymous senders.
  • In late June, Ahmedabad cybercrime police arrested a Chennai-based IT engineer for allegedly sending 13 similar hoax emails.
  • The sustained wave of false bomb threats since early June has strained security protocols at courts, schools and public venues in Gujarat and Telangana.