Delhi Assembly Speaker gets bomb threat email; Modi, Shah mentioned
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The Delhi Legislative Assembly and its Speaker Vijender Gupta, received a bomb threat email on Tuesday morning. The email was sent to Gupta's official email ID at 7:49am, while a similar message was sent to the Assembly's general email at 7:28am. The threat also mentioned a possible explosion at the nearby Delhi Metro station.
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Email named several prominent leaders
The bomb threat email named several prominent leaders, including Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. It also mentioned Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Cabinet Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa. In light of these serious threats to national leaders and public safety, authorities have launched an investigation into the matter.
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CM Gupta to present Budget today
The emails stated that a bomb will detonate at the Delhi assembly at 1:11pm and a Delhi Metro station at 9:11pm. The emails also referred to the Khalistan Referendum. A sniffer dog unit was later deployed to the Delhi Assembly building as part of increased security measures. The threat was received as CM Gupta arrived at the Assembly with her cabinet ministers to present the Delhi Budget.