Six schools in Delhi received bomb threats via email early on Friday (December 13), prompting a multi-agency search of the premises, according to officials.
These threats follow a similar incident on December 9, when at least 44 schools in the city received hoax bomb threats, which were later dismissed by the police.
A Delhi Fire Services official confirmed that calls were received regarding the threats from Bhatnagar International School in Paschim Vihar at 4:21 am, Cambridge School in Shri Niwas Puri at 6:23 am, and DPS Amar Colony in East of Kailash at 6:35 am.
“We received calls (regarding the threat emails) from Bhatnagar International School in Paschim Vihar (4:21 am), Cambridge School in Shri Niwas Puri (6:23 am) and DPS Amar Colony in East of Kailash (6:35 am).” “(Calls were also received) from the South Delhi Public School in Defence Colony (7:57 am), Delhi Police Public School in Safdarjung (8:02 am) and Venkateshwar Global School in Rohini (8:30 am),” he added.
In response, fire department, police, bomb detection teams, and dog squads have been deployed to inspect the schools.
The authorities have advised school managements to inform parents not to send their children to school for the day, as security teams conduct thorough checks.