Shimla, April 17 -- A major security alert was triggered in Himachal Pradesh after bomb threats were emailed targeting two key government offices, the Chief Secretary's office in the State Secretariat and the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mandi district, on Thursday.

The threat emails claimed that RDX devices had been planted and that explosions would occur at 11:30 AM in the Chief Secretary's office and 1:30 PM in the Mandi DC office.

Speaking to ANI, Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena confirmed that two separate emails were received.

"Two emails came in, first, a bomb threat was sent to the DC Mandi office, and shortly after, another message was received threatening the Chief Secretary's office. The second email also referred to an inc...