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