New Delhi, April 25 -- Patna civil courton Friday morning received a bomb threat via email, threatening to blow up the court premises, said Patna Police.

Upon being informed, the security forces evacuated people from the court premises.

Checking was conducted and bomb squad and ATS were called at the spot.

However, the email appeared to be a hoax and efforts were underway to track the sender, said Patna's Additional SP Diksha Kumari, who led the police team to the site.

Diksha Kumari said: "Patna Civil Court received a threat mail in the morning, it was written in the mail that a bomb has been kept in the court. Court Security was at the spot, people were evacuated from the court. Checking has been conducted. Dog squad, bomb squad and...