Madras High Court Registrar General Receives Mail With Bomb Blast Threat

The Registrar General of the Madras High Court, on Monday received a mail threatening of bomb blasts in the high court premises, CBI court premises and the residence of Opposition Leader Edappadi Palaniswami. It has been informed that the bomb squad is thoroughly scouring the premises. 

The mail further threatened of suicide bombing using IEDs and gave the authorities time till 6:45 pm to evacuate all concerned. 

Madras High Court is the third High Court receiving a bomb threat in the past two months. On May 22, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had received a bomb threat, following which courtrooms were evacuated as a precautionary measure. The Gujarat High Court too, received a bomb threat today, following which the functioning of the court was stopped post lunch.