Dharamshala, Jan. 8 -- The Dharamshala Judicial Court Complex was evacuated on Thursday after authorities received a bomb threat via email, leading to an immediate security response and a detailed search of the premises, but later turned out to be a hoax, officials said.

According to officials, the threatening email claimed that the complex would be blown up using an RDX-based improvised explosive device (IED) at 2.35 pm. Following an alert from court authorities, police personnel, including bomb disposal squads, rushed to the scene and cordoned off the area as a precaution.

Confirming the incident, Akshay Thakur, General Secretary of the Bar Association Dharamshala, told ANI, "The court received an email threatening to blow the complex...