Guwahati, April 22 -- The Gauhati High Court in Assam's capital city, received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday, officials said adding that it turned out to be a hoax.

A senior police official of the Guwahati city police told ANI that the threat was received via email from an anonymous account.

Following the threat, security personnel rushed to the high court and conducted a search operation.

"It is a bomb hoax. The threat was received via email," the senior police official said.

Ankur Jain, Joint Police Commissioner, Guwahati, told ANI that "It's a hoax only. Nothing found."

Meanwhile, security has been heightened in the court premises.

More details are awaited.

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