Two Delhi schools receive hoax bomb threats

Two schools run by security forces in the national capital received bomb threats through emails on Monday morning, prompting the police to deploy bomb disposal squads and other technical teams to the institutions, police said.

The threat, however, turned out to be a hoax.

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According to the police, the bomb disposal squads, cyber crime unit and the Special Staff carried out checks at the Navy School in Chanakyapuri and the CRPF School in Dwarka.

Ankit Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said, “Around 8 am, we were informed about the bomb threat at CRPF school, as well as another school in Chanakyapuri.”

“The area was promptly sanitized. Local police, accompanied by the Bomb Disposal Squad and sniffer dogs, reached the school and conducted due checks,” he further said.

The officer continued by saying that “cyber police experts are ascertaining the source of the e-mail. However, the school security has been strengthened. Nothing suspicious has been found till now.”

Furthermore, the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) officer said they received calls from the Navy School in Chanakyapuri at 8.15 am and from the CRPF School in Sector 16 in Dwarka at 8.25 am informing them about the situation.

“Responding to it, a team was immediately dispatched to the locations,” the fire service officer added.

Several schools in Delhi have been receiving similar bomb threats since last year. More than 200 schools in the city received bomb threats in May 2024, followed by similar email threats to several hospitals, colleges, and the Delhi airport.

Meanwhile, in January this year, too, several schools of Delhi reported receiving similar emails containing bomb threats.

According to the statement of senior officers in this matter, most of the mails were sent using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

They have previously stated that the business model of VPN works on the principle that the server won’t disclose the location or details.