New Delhi: Several schools across Delhi received bomb threat emails on Monday morning, prompting authorities to begin evacuations and anti-sabotage checks.
Four of the affected schools are in central Delhi, including Sanskriti School, The British School and Navy Children School in Chanakyapuri.
The schools received the threat emails around 9:30 am and alerted the police and fire control room before activating their safety protocols.
Delhi Fire Services said its control room received three calls linked to the threats. The first call came around 9:40 am regarding The Mother’s International School in Hauz Khas.
Two further calls were received at 10:35 am and 10:45 am concerning Navy Children School in Chanakyapuri and Bal Bharti School in Rohini.
Fire tenders and personnel were deployed to the locations as part of the emergency response.
Police teams also reached the schools with bomb detection and disposal personnel, sniffer dogs and other agencies. Evacuations have been carried out, while anti-sabotage operations are underway.
According to sources quoted by reports a senior police officer said, “The evacuation process has been carried out, and anti-sabotage checks are going on. As of now, nothing suspicious has been found. It may turn out to be a hoax bomb threat email.”
