India, Aug. 15 -- The Delhi High Court, Terminal 3 of Delhi airport and several other government offices in the national capital on Friday received bomb threats via email ahead of Independence Day, officials said. Police declared all threats to be a hoax after carrying out searches and security checks. A police source said that Delhi Cantonment SDM Office received an email at 11:18 am, Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) Airport at 11:32 am, Jamnagar House at 11:40 am, Saket SDM Office at 11:42 am and Jhandewalan at 11:57 am received bomb threat calls at the Fire Control Room. Teams of the Delhi Police, bomb squad and fire brigade rushed to all five locations and all calls were declared hoaxes. A bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs searched the Delhi High Court after a bomb threat email, while security was tightened. Nothing suspicious was found.
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