Bomb threat at Dwarka court: Accused used VPN network to send email, say Delhi Police
The bomb threat email stated that “an RDX-based explosive device has been clandestinely planted at the Metropolitan Court, South West, Delhi."
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The checking was conducted manually as well as through sophisticated equipment and dog squads, said an officer. (Representative Image/ File)A day after Delhi’s Dwarka court received a hoax bomb threat on its premises, the police on Thursday discovered that the sender had used a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to send the email, officials said. The police said they have registered a case under stringent sections of cyber terrorism and threat.
A team from the district’s cyber cell was formed to probe the incident, and they contacted the web-based email service to obtain details of the sender, the police said.
According to a police source, the e-mail was sent to the official mailbox of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) at 3.11 am on Wednesday and was brought to her attention through her reader when the court opened in the morning. It stated therein that “an RDX-based explosive device has been clandestinely planted at the Metropolitan Court, South West, Delhi.”
The Dwarka’s Cyber Police Station has also pressed Section 351 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for criminal intimidation and 66F of the IT Act and begun a probe, said the source.
Immediately after receiving the alert, the local police, along with senior officers and the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), rushed to the court and inspected the premises after evacuating the people.
The checking was conducted manually as well as through sophisticated equipment and dog squads, said an officer, adding that the message was later declared a hoax.
Last week, similar security checks were conducted at the Red Fort and Jama Masjid following a bomb hoax call received at the police control room. The police in this case, arrested a man from northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar. He told the police that he made the call in an inebriated condition.
In January, several schools also reported receiving bomb threat emails.
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