India, April 7 -- Panic swept through Chandigarh and parts of Punjab on Monday morning after the Punjab and Haryana secretariat, Ferozepur district court and multiple private and government schools in Amritsar received bomb threats via email. The threats, purportedly sent by an outfit called Khalistan National Army, triggered evacuations and search operations by bomb disposal and dog squads.

The Punjab and Haryana secretariat, which houses the offices of Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and his Punjab counterpart, was placed under a security blanket.

While senior officials remained tightlipped about the exact contents of the emails, sources indicated that the messages contained provocative language aimed at the state leadership....