Bomb threat emails to courts in Kalaburagi, Belagavi declared hoax
Kalaburagi/Belagavi (PTI): A bomb threat email sent to the district courts in Kalaburagi and Belagavi on Tuesday morning triggered panic, leading to the immediate evacuation of the premises, police said.
Lawyers, litigants and court staff were escorted out of the court complexes as a precautionary measure soon after authorities received the email on the official IDs of the respective district courts, they said.
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Police teams, along with the bomb detection and disposal squad and dog squad, carried out intensive searches of the court premises in both districts.
However, no suspicious objects were found during the searches, they added.
The emails were sent by an unidentified individual, prompting the security checks.
Officials later indicated that the threat appeared to be a hoax.
Efforts are underway to trace the origin of the email and identify those responsible, police added.
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Woman Police Commissioner goes undercover to assess women's safety in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Soon after taking over as Malkajgiri Police Commissioner B Sumathi went undercover and took up a field visit after midnight on May 1 to assess law and order, including women's safety.
Sumathi assumed charge as the Malkajgiri Police Commissioner on May 1.
On the same night, the senior IPS officer, in plainclothes, moved through the streets of Dilsukhnagar here, standing alone for some time to get a first-hand knowledge of law and order situation, official sources said on Wednesday.
"It was a general checking and she later interacted with police officials," they said.
The sources said about 30-40 individuals who approached her were counselled regarding their behaviour towards women in public places.
Sumathi, who earlier headed the Special Intelligence Branch (SIB), of the Telangana Police, oversaw the long drawn process of the Maoists joining the mainstream.
