Guwahati, July 24 -- As the Assam government steps up security measures ahead of Independence Day celebrations, a bomb threat email briefly triggered panic in the Basistha area of Guwahati on Thursday. The threat targeted the Dispur co-district office.

Fortunately, the alarm proved false.

The unsettling email arrived in the afternoon and immediately activated the city's security response. Guwahati Police, along with bomb squads and local forces, quickly sealed the area and conducted a full-scale search of the premises.

"This was false information," said a senior police officer.

Tension escalated when someone noticed an unattended bag near a parked two-wheeler just outside the government building. However, two individuals, later identi...