A bomb threat received via e-mail was reported at Delhi Public School (DPS) RK Puram early Saturday. The e-mail was determined to be a hoax, according to the Delhi Fire Services.
This is is the second such incident in two days and comes after similar cases were reported in at least 30 schools in the national capital.
On Friday, the police traced a minor boy, a school student, hours after he allegedly sent emails warning of bomb threats to the schools including his own. While nothing suspicious was found, the police said the boy took the step to avoid appearing for his upcoming exams. He was counselled and allowed to go, sources in the police said.
Emergency response teams, including local police, bomb detection units, and dog squads, arrived at the school to conduct a search operation, news agency PTI reported.
“We received a call about a bomb threat at DPS RK Puram at 6:09 am,” a Delhi Fire Services official said.
According to the police, the email was sent from a masked Virtual private network (VPN), which was tracked to the US, Canada, Sweden and Netherlands. A police source said the emails were received in the wee hours of Friday, with the sender mentioning “parent-teachers’ meeting” and “sports day” activities in the schools. The sender also mentioned that the “schools will face bomb blasts” on Friday and Saturday, the source added.
The latest threats come close on the heels of at least 44 schools receiving similar emails on Monday which the police had declared as hoaxes.
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