India, July 9 -- An anonymous email threatening to blow up the district courts at Chakkar in Shimla, Nahan in Sirmaur and Kullu on Wednesday triggered panic and led to the evacuation of the three premises, affecting legal proceedings.

This is the eighth such threat incident reported in Himachal Pradesh since January when a threat to blow up government offices was received. All seven bomb threat emails had turned out to be hoax as security agencies did not find any suspicious object or explosive substance while searching the offices of chief secretary Prabodh Saxena, deputy commissioners of Mandi, Kullu and Hamirpur besides the high court premises. Two cases have been registered in Mandi and Kullu districts in this connection.

After rece...