WE HAVE CHECKED, FOUND IT A HOAX: POLICE ON BOMB THREAT TO DELHI HC

Delhi High Court panic over bomb threat, later declared a hoax.

- TDG NETWORK

As the bomb threat triggered panic at the Delhi High Court, a senior police official on Friday said that the threat seems to be a hoax till now.

According to New Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Devesh Kumar Mahla, the police have checked the court premises as per the Standard operating procedure and found it to be a hoax till now.

"As per the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure), bomb detection teams and dog squad are inside. We have checked it and found it hoax till now," DCP Mahla told ANI. Senior advocate N Hariharan, President of the Delhi High Court Bar Association, said, "The combing operations are underway. Nothing suspicious has been found till now. There is no panic-like situation. We are hopeful that work will resume by 2.30 pm."