After around 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR region sent students home early on Tuesday over bomb threats via email, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs said there is no need to panic as the threat appears to be a hoax.
The ministry added that the Delhi police and other security agencies are taking necessary steps as per protocol.
Delhi Police posted on X that nothing objectionable was found during searches on school premises. Some schools of Delhi received E-mails regarding bomb threats. "Delhi Police has conducted thorough check of all such schools as per protocol. Nothing objectionable has been found. It appears that these calls seem to be hoax. We request the public not to panic and maintain peace," the post read.
Delhi Education Minister Atishi also urged parents not to panic and posted on X, "Some schools have received bomb threats today morning. Students have been evacuated and those premises are being searched by Delhi Police. So far nothing has been found in any of the schools. We are in constant touch with the Police and the schools. Would request parents and citizens not to panic. School authorities will be in touch with parents wherever needed."
Mother Mary School stopped its exams midway after it received the threat. Other schools that initially received threats were Delhi Public School in Dwarka, Delhi Public School at Vasant Kunj, Amity International School in Saket, Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri and Delhi Public School in Noida Sector 30.
More schools are said to have got similar mails and it is suspected that a single individual is responsible for all these threats. Police are also trying to find out the IP address of the emails. They believe that the sender may have used VPN to conceal their identity.
This comes after Chacha Nehru Hospital in Delhi's Shahdara received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday morning.
On Monday, Raja Bhoj International Airport in Bhopal, Dabolim airport in Goa, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata and the Jaipur International Airport received bomb threats
This is not the first time that Delhi Public School branches have received such threats. In February, the Delhi Public School in R.K. Puram had received a hoax bomb threat. In May 2023, the Delhi Public School on Mathura Road had also got a hoax bomb threat via email.
