New Delhi: In the third incident within a week, at least eight schools in Delhi-NCR received bomb threats on Saturday. The threat was found to be a hoax later. The email was received a day after 30 schools got hoax bomb threats on Friday.
Police sources said the emails carrying the threats were sent around 1.47am to DPS RK Puram; Amity International School in Pushp Vihar, Saket, Mayur Vihar, Gurgaon sectors 43 and 46; Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj; and Gyan Bharati School in Saket. Police were alerted around 6.30am and the bomb squad, along with canine squads, went to the schools. Thorough checks were conducted and nothing was found, police said.
Sources said the server utilised might be in the Netherlands, probably accessed through a virtual private network (VPN).
The email read, “Please it’s me, they have access to your cameras, I saw them yesterday, every classroom. They didn’t go yesterday because they saw the evacuation. This time they plan to go early morning to wait inside or around the schools and detonate as soon as the staff arrive (sic).” It added, “At least that’s what I understood from their language since I don’t speak much language. Please don’t let your staff come to school, at least the students will be safe on a Saturday. Please help me, they force me to write these emails for them. They have my son hostage. Yesterday night, I heard the noise of planes that must mean we’re somewhere near an airport. Please save my son and your staff.”
The sender threatened to detonate the bombs during the parents-teachers meetings and sports day events, demanding that schools “reply to this email, otherwise the bombs will be detonated”. The threats were declared hoaxes. “In one of the schools, there was a sports meet and 40 schools were participating, which got cancelled,” a police source said.
On Dec 9, 44 private schools in the city received bomb threats via email. The anonymous sender demanded $30,000 (Rs 25.4 lakh), claiming several explosive devices were planted on the premises. A search operation was launched and the threats were declared hoax.
