DELHI: More than 40 schools in the national capital received bomb threats via email on Monday, Delhi Police said. After checking all Delhi schools, the police declared it a bomb hoax.
The series of threats first began with RK Puram’s Delhi Public School and Paschim Vihar’s GD Goenka School. Police said that DPS received the threat at 7:06 am, while the latter got the email at 6:15 am.
The threat email read, “I planted multiple bombs inside (school) buildings. The bombs are small and hidden very well. It will not cause much damage to the building, but many people will be injured when the bombs detonate. If I do not receive Rs 30,000, I will detonate the bombs. The bombs are small and hidden very well.”
Sanjay Tyagi, the PRO of Delhi Police, assured that the department is ensuring the security of all schools and children and will make every possible effort to continue doing so.
The Delhi Police is investigating the IP address and looking for the sender of the email. Meanwhile, the school administration took prompt action and sent the students back home.
Police, along with fire officials, dog squads, bomb detection teams, and local cops, reached the spot and conducted search operations in the schools. According to a police official, they have not found anything suspicious so far.
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