India, Sept. 13 -- Panic gripped the Delhi High Court on Friday morning after an email warned of multiple bombs on the premises, triggering a massive security operation and evacuation before the threat was declared a hoax, police said.

The threat mail, sent at 8.39am from an Outlook account, was addressed to court staff and claimed that three IEDs had been planted on the premises, demanding evacuation by 2pm. The message, laden with political rhetoric, was escalated to registrar general Arun Bhardwaj around 10.40am.

Hitting out at "dynastic politics", "corruption" and "pseudo-secularists", the email claimed that attacks are planned against prominent names in Tamil Nadu politics.

Officials aware of the matter said that around 11.20am, j...