Local police personnel, an explosive ordnance disposal unit, a dog brigade and an arrest team were immediately sent to the scene (Photo: ANI)
Deputy Police Commissioner (South East) Rajesh Deo said after assessing the situation that the bomb threat was received at the school board’s official email address and the police were informed around 8 a.m.
No suspicious object was found during an intensive search of the Delhi Public School premises in Mathura Road after the school board received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Deputy Police Commissioner (South East) Rajesh Deo said after assessing the situation that the bomb threat was received at the school board’s official email address and the police were informed around 8am.
Local police personnel, an explosives disposal squad, a canine squad and a SWAT team were immediately dispatched to the scene, he said.
”It was a challenge… All buildings on the school grounds were checked and no suspicious object was found. The situation is normal. We also searched the perimeter areas of the school grounds,” the police officer added.
As word of the bomb threat spread, panicked parents gathered outside the school and took their children home.
The school was evacuated and the fire brigade was informed about the threat around 08:00. A fire truck was rushed to the scene, a spokesman for the fire department said.
The Indian School at Sadiq Nagar in Delhi had received bomb threats twice – in April this year and in November 2022.
The most recent threat to The Indian School came via email on April 12, after which the school was evacuated as the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service and other agencies inspected the premises for explosives. The email was later declared a hoax.
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