Several Delhi Schools Receive Bomb Threat

The high court instructed the government to take comprehensive action...

The threats began with RK Puram's Delhi Public School and Paschim Vihar's GD Goenka School. Police said that DPS received the threat at 7:06 am, while the latter got the email at 6:15 am.

The threat email read, "I planted multiple bombs inside (school) buildings. The bombs are small and hidden very well. It will not cause much damage to the building, but many people will be injured when the bombs detonate. If I do not receive $30,000 I will detonate the bombs," as per reports.

The school administration took prompt action and sent the students back home.

Police, along with fire officials, dog squad, bomb detection teams, and local cops reached the spot and conducted search operations in the school.

A police official said that so far nothing suspicious has been found at DPS and GD Goenka.

This incident took place after a week after Rohini's Venkateshwar Global School received a bomb threat via email.

A day before, a low-intensity blast had taken place in Prashant Vihar, within a one-kilometer range of the school. Parents had been informed about the situation and students were sent home immediately.

The entire premises of the school is checked and searched by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) officials, along with police, bomb disposal squad and the dog.

Two months ago, several CRPF schools across the national capital and the country had received bomb threats via email.

The Delhi High Court on November 19 had instructed the Aam Aadmi Party-led government and Delhi police to develop a comprehensive action plan, including an extensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to deal with bomb threats and other similar emergencies.

The court set an eight-week deadline for completing these tasks. It said that the SOP must define the stakeholders' roles and responsibilities, including school administration, municipal authorities, police, and other law enforcement agencies.

Manish Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP)-Central, said that after the call, all three locations were checked thoroughly.