Gauhati High Court gets bomb threat, search operations launched

The Gauhati High Court in Assam reportedly received a bomb threat on Tuesday morning the police said according to the PTIThe high court received an email threatening that there would be a blast in the building they saidWe have immediately rushed a team to the high court after getting the threat message Our experts are checking every corner of the premises and nothing has been found so far We believe it is a hoax a senior police officer told PTIHe said the details will be known only after the search operation is overA senior official of the high court said the email was received from an unknown organisation named Madras Tigers which threatened to blow up the entire buildingPolice have come and they are carrying out a search operation They have brought different equipment to sanitise the building he said as per the PTIThe official said the threat has not hampered the functioning of the court and judges are hearing cases as scheduledDisgruntled security guard booked for death threat against actor Tiger ShroffMeanwhile in an another incident in Mumbai the Khar police have booked a disgruntled employee of a private security agency for raising a false alarm about a supposed murder plot targeting Bollywood actor Tiger ShroffThe accused has been identified as 35yearold Manish Kumar Sujinder Singh a native of Punjab according to policeA senior Mumbai Police officer told midday that Singh called the Mumbai Police Control Room on Monday and alleged that two senior employees of a private security agency were plotting to kill Tiger Shroff for a contract of Rs 2 lakhldquoDuring the call Singh went as far as claiming that he had personally supplied the weapons and handed over Rs 2 lakh to the alleged contract killersrdquo the officer saidFollowing the alarming call security agencies were immediately put on high alert However a swift and thorough investigation revealed that the information provided by Singh was completely false and baselessldquoAs a result an FIR has been registered against Singh under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita including Sections 212 217 and 3532rdquo the officer addedAsked about the motive behind the false claim the officer said ldquoOur investigation indicates that Singh fabricated the story to settle personal scores with the two senior security professionals he had named in the callrdquoNo arrest has been made yet but officials confirmed that Singh will soon be served a legal noticewith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params