Another day, another bomb threat in Delhi schools: Search operations on in 6 institutions

The Delhi Police, bomb disposal squads and fire personnel reached the schools and launched search operations. This is the second time the Andhra School has received a threat.

On Monday, over 30 schools across Delhi received similar threats, which later turned out to be hoaxes. On Wednesday, around 50 schools in the national capital received bomb threats through email, which were also later declared a hoax.

According to the police, the senders used a virtual private network (VPN) to send the emails and prevent authorities from tracking them.

Last year, Delhi saw 25 cases involving bomb threats, while this year, schools have already received such emails on five days. According to police records, only a few of last year’s cases were resolved, and so far, only one case has been solved this year.

Last December, the police zeroed in on a student who had emailed a bomb threat to his school to avoid an examination. The student had simply used an email ID without VPN, making it easier for the police to track him. The child was counselled and allowed to go.

In July this year, an investigation revealed that a 12-year-old boy had sent fake threats to two educational institutions, Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College and St Thomas School in Dwarka. He was briefly detained and released after counselling.

During the counselling session, the Class 8 student of a private school revealed that he wanted schools to be shut down and had randomly added the email IDs of the institutions. In this case, too, the boy had not used a VPN, an officer said.

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