UP Courts Receive Fresh Bomb Threat Emails

Lucknow, February 16 (TNA) Uttar Pradesh courts across multiple districts, including Lucknow, Amroha, Azamgarh, Ayodhya, and others, totalling up to 18 locations, received hoax bomb threat emails on Monday, prompting widespread evacuations and security sweeps.

The threats, arriving early morning around 8:38 AM in Amroha and later waves by 11:15 AM and 12:15 PM in places like Lucknow and Ayodhya, warned of planted explosives such as RDX in judges’ chambers and blasts scheduled for midday, marking a repeat of similar incidents from February 13.

Police, bomb disposal squads, dog units, and anti-terror teams immediately cordoned off court premises, evacuating lawyers, judges, staff, and litigants while conducting thorough searches; no suspicious devices were found in initial reports from Amroha, Lucknow civil court, and Azamgarh.

Authorities registered FIRs under criminal intimidation and IT Act provisions, with cyber cells and UP ATS taking over investigations to trace email origins, suspecting a coordinated hoax pattern aimed at sowing panic.

This follows earlier threats on February 13 to courts in Varanasi, Mirzapur, Meerut, and Lucknow, where similar emails claiming multiple blasts led to halted proceedings but clean searches, heightening statewide vigilance amid judicial sensitivity. Bar associations urged heightened security cooperation, as operations continued into the afternoon without confirmed threats.