Four Delhi schools received bomb threats on Wednesday morning, following which police evacuated the campus premises and carried out searches.
“An email regarding a bomb threat was received this morning at Mother Mary's School, East Delhi Mayur Vihar. The school is being evacuated, and the school premises are being thoroughly checked,” Delhi Police stated.
Searches are being carried out by the Delhi Fire Service, Bomb Detection Team and Bomb Disposal Squad, according to local reports.
Other schools that received threats were Delhi Public School in Dwarka, Amity International School in Saket and Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri.
This comes after Chacha Nehru Hospital in Delhi's Shahdara received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday morning.
On Monday, Raja Bhoj International Airport in Bhopal, Dabolim airport in Goa, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata and the Jaipur International Airport received bomb threats
This is not the first time that Delhi Public School branches have received such threats. In February, the Delhi Public School in R.K. Puram had received a bomb threat. In May 2023, the Delhi Public School on Mathura Road had also got a hoax bomb threat via email.
