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Bomb hoax at Delhi HC triggers panic, searches


SWAT, bomb detection teams, fire fighters, Senior Delhi Police officials, special cell and dog squad were rushed in without delay. It was only after a two-hour-long search that the premises was declared safe, and the call a hoax. Eleven people were killed and over 80 were injured in a bomb blast at gate number 5 of the High Court in 2011. After almost two hours of scanning the premises, the bomb squad declared the area safe and the call was declared a hoax,” a senior police officer said. Advocate Ashok Agarwal, one of those present there, said, “I was sitting in the bar room when one of my colleagues told me that there is a bomb threat.


Source: dna August 18, 2017 02:03 UTC



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