India, Sept. 10 -- A bomb threat email targeting Delhi Secretariat and Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) was received on Tuesday morning, prompting immediate checks at the chief minister's office and other locations, officials said. However, senior Delhi Police officers later clarified that the email was actually directed at journalists in Tamil Nadu and referred to the Tamil Nadu CM Secretariat, not Delhi.

Police said the threat mail, received on several government email IDs between 11 am and noon, mentioned possible detonation at MAMC and CM Secretariat. DCP (central) Nidhin Valsan said, "Upon receipt of the threat, immediate and coordinated action was initiated as per the established standard operating procedures (SOPs). The bomb de...