Delhi Police has traced the IP address of the bomb threat emails that were sent to 150 schools in Delhi on May 1. The police have suspected emails to have been sent from Hungary’s capital Budapest and will soon be contacting its counterpart in Hungary for further investigation.
According to the Delhi Police statement, the police are investigating the IP address used to send the emails, along with the sender and origin of the mail, to uncover the conspiracy and motive behind the bomb hoax that caused widespread panic across Delhi-NCR.
Officials suspect a “deeper conspiracy” possibly orchestrated by a terror group during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. They are considering the possibility that the threat mail could have been sent by an ISIS module.
Hoax threat sent through mail
The IP (internet protocol) address is a unique identifying number assigned to every device connected to the internet. On May 1, an email purportedly sent from a mail.ru server claimed that explosives were planted on a school premises, causing massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children.
The threat, which alarmed the security establishment, was later declared a hoax after no explosives were found on the school campuses. Following this, the police filed an FIR and contacted the Russian-based mailing service company, mail.ru, via Interpol.
(With ANI inputs)