PATNA, Feb. 9 -- Once again a threat e-mail to blow up civil courts in Patna, Bhagalpur and Aurangabad turned out to be hoax on Monday. The police have, however, failed to trace the IP address of the e-mail sender, raising questions about the police action and causing anger among lawyers.

The threat message was received on Monday morning warning that three RDX IED blasts would be carried out inside the court complex on February 9. Patna civil court registrar soon alerted the district judge and the secretary of district bar association, Patna. The message was sent by one Arun Kumar, purportedly a member of the banned LTTE.

Security was beefed up at civil courts of Patna, Bhagalpur and Aurangabad following the threat. The court premises w...