AHMEDABAD: Courts in Gujarat, including the Surat district court and courts in Ahmedabad, received emails threatening bomb attacks on Saturday, following which police and security agencies conducted security checks.The Surat district court received an email threatening to blow up the premises with a bomb.After the threat was received, bomb disposal squad personnel and police teams reached the court and carried out security checks.The lawyers’ association, however, raised concerns over repeated bomb threat emails being received by the court and alleged that the premises were not evacuated despite the threat.“Even after receiving the bomb threat mail, the police have not vacated the court premises, and work is continuing. The accused are not being caught and are directly targeting the justice system,” said Bhavesh Rabari, member, Bar Council of Gujarat.Earlier, courts in Ahmedabad had also received an email warning of a possible attack. The email reportedly carried the message, “Court on alert”, following which security agencies were alerted.Ahmedabad Police said routine procedures were being followed in connection with the threat and that further investigation was underway.(With inputs from ANI)
