Delhi: Around 40 schools receive bomb threats

Around 40 schools in Delhi received bomb threats via email on Monday morning, leading to students and staff members being immediately evacuated, PTI reported.

An unidentified police officer said that nothing suspicious had been found as of 9.30 am. Further search operations were underway, the officer added.

As per reports, a single email with a bomb threat was sent to several schools in the national capital, including Delhi Public School RK Puram, GD Goenka, The British School, The Mother’s International, Modern School, Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj, Delhi Police Public School, Delhi Public School East of Kailash and Salwan Public Schools, among others.

The email, which was sent at 11.38 pm on Sunday, claimed that bombs were placed in the schools. The senders also demanded $30,000, or over Rs 25.4 lakh, in ransom.

An unidentified Delhi Fire Service official said that the first email was reported at 6.15 am by GD Goenka in Paschim Vihar, followed by a call from Delhi Public School RK Puram at 7 am.

After the threats came to light, bomb detection teams, fire officials, local police and dog squads conducted searches at the schools.

Students and staff were evacuated, and the schools were temporarily closed for investigation, The Indian Express reported.

Cybercrime teams were working to trace the sender of the email, the newspaper...

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