DELHI: Six schools in Delhi received bomb threats early on Friday, leading to a multi-agency search of the premises. A similar incident took place on December 9, when at least 44 schools received bomb threat emails, which police later deemed hoaxes.
Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal expressed concern over the second instance of bomb threats to schools within a week, questioning the potential impact on children and their studies.
According to a Delhi Fire Services official, the following schools received calls about the threat emails: Bhatnagar International School, Paschim Vihar (4:21 am), Cambridge School, Shri Niwas Puri (6:23 am), DPS Amar Colony, East of Kailash (6:35 am), South Delhi Public School, Defence Colony (7:57 am), Delhi Police Public School, Safdarjung (8:02 am), and Venkateshwar Global School, Rohini (8:30 am).
The fire department, police, bomb detection teams, and dog squads reached the schools to conduct thorough searches. Authorities also alerted parents, advising them to keep children at home or collect them if they had already arrived at school.
AAP leader Kejriwal, who had criticized Delhi Police and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the earlier threats, raised the issue again on social media. He stressed the seriousness of repeated threats, saying in Hindi, “If this continues, how badly will it affect the children? What will happen to their studies?”
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