Delhi schools receive bomb threat, yet again
Several Delhi schools received bomb threats on Tuesday, police officials said. This is the second such incident this week and fifth in the month of December in the Capital. The police later termed these threats to be hoaxes.
On Monday, around 20 schools, including DPS, RK Puram, in Delhi received similar bomb threats.
A bomb threat call was reported at Crescent Public School in Saraswati Vihar, Northwest Delhi, according to an official from the Delhi Fire Service (DFS). Emergency personnel, including from the Fire Department, police, bomb detection team and dog squad, conducted a thorough search of the premises, but found nothing suspicious. The fire service official said similar threat emails were sent to several schools, prompting searches across the city.
On December 14, eight schools, including Delhi Public School (DPS), RK Puram, received emails threatening explosions using “bomb vests.” On December 13, approximately 30 schools were targeted with similar threats, leading to multi-agency searches. The situation has been escalating since December 9, when at least 44 schools reported receiving bomb threat emails.
The Delhi Police Special Cell has registered an FIR in connection with the December 9 threats and initiated an investigation. The authorities are working to trace the origin of these emails and determine whether these are the work of a coordinated group or an individual.
Compounding the disruption caused by bomb threats, schools in Delhi-NCR have also switched to a hybrid mode of learning due to the re-imposition of anti-pollution measures under Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
Under the revised schedule, students in grades six-nine and eleven in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar must attend classes in a hybrid mode, with both physical and online options. However, students in grades 10 and 12 are required to attend school in person.
Despite the shift to hybrid classes, the school authorities have expressed concern over the combined impact of the bomb threats and pollution-related disruptions on students’ academic routines and mental well-being.
