Tis Hazari district court complex on Friday recieved a threat letter allegedly sent by banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claiming to blow up court complexes on Saturday. Soon after the threat, the police with dog squad checked the court premises and security was beefed up.
According to court officials, a letter was recieved by the office of district and sessions judge sent through post. The letter, carrying signature of an alleged JeM operative, threatened to blast court complexes in the Capital on Saturday without specifying any of the five district court complexes.
“I extend our challenge to your department, government, police and security agencies to stop us from achieving our goal scheduled for Saturday....We will rock all your court complexes on that day (December 13) either with the help of our fidayeens (suicide squad members) or some other manner,” the letter read. The threat letter also mentioned the fact that Lok adalats are going to be held on Saturday. Delhi Police said that they did not receive the letter themselves. ‘‘We already have maximum security at the court complexes. All the preventive measures are in place and back-up teams are ready,’’ said Sagarpreet Hooda, DCP (North).
Sources in the police said that though nothing was being taken for granted, there is no reason for citizens to panic. ‘‘The letter has numerous spelling errors and is far-removed from the nuanced text that these organizations send after each attack. Also, the letter is general in nature and looks like the drafting was done in a hurry. Since, Lok Adalats have been mentioned, we will keep the warning in mind,’’ said a senior police officer.
A similar warning was made on December four, stating that terrorists in guise of advocates would create mayhem at Tis Hazari courts complex, which was found to be a hoax by the police. However, three days later, a fresh threat was made that some bombs were planted at Patiala House courts complex, which too turned out to be fabricated.
Source:-The Times of India Delhi 13 December 2008 P. 7
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