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Delhi Assembly receives third consecutive bomb threat in three days, security tightened

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The Delhi Assembly received its third bomb threat email in as many days on Thursday, and the police commissioner has been informed about it, Speaker Vijender Gupta said in the House.

Gupta said police officers visited the Assembly on Friday to investigate the e-mails which threatened a blast in the Assembly. The emails were received between March 24 and March 26.

The police have been requested to probe the matter without any laxity, Gupta said, concurring that the issue was serious.

He said some of the e-mails were addressed to him personally from different outfits and added that the police have assured prompt action and beefed up the security arrangements.

The Assembly Secretariat has been directed to ensure adequate CCTV surveillance and a computerised entry system at the entrances for better record-keeping.

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