Page 10 - Bomb Threat Calls

School bomb threat linked to students' online chat group, says UP police

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone) Tej Swaroop Singh said group of children aged between 10-11 years wrongly forwarded a message of a bomb attack to a private school's email ID in Lucknow

Over dozen DU colleges including Lady Sri Ram, Hansraj receive bomb threat

Over a dozen colleges including Delhi University's prestigious Lady Sri Ram College, Hansraj College and Ramjas College received bomb threats on Thursday but nothing suspicious was found after thorough searches, officials said, a day after a similar e-mail sent alarm bells ringing in the North Block. A Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said they first received a call at 4.38 pm about the bomb threat at the LSR College and two fire tenders were pressed into service. Later, other colleges also made the call to authorities. The local police, a bomb disposal squad, a bomb detection team arrived at the LSR College along with a dog squad and conducted searches but nothing suspicious was found, the official said. LSR Principal Suman Sharma told PTI the entire campus has been sanitised. "We received the bomb threat e-mail in the afternoon today. Immediately, the police were informed and they sent a bomb (disposal) squad. The search operation went on for two-three hours and the entire campu

Bengaluru on high alert again as 3 hotels receive bomb threat emails

Three hotels including five-star Oterra received bomb threat via emails, nearly seven weeks after a private school in the Bengaluru Urban district received an email claiming explosives had been plante

Home Ministry receives bomb threat mail, nothing found during search

This incident adds to the recent rise in hoax bomb threats affecting numerous institutions across the national capital, including schools, airports, hospitals, and prisons

After Delhi and Jaipur, bomb threats made to 10 schools in UP's Kanpur

Schools in Kanpur were threatened a day after seven Delhi hospitals received bomb threats by email on Tuesday

Several Delhi hospitals get bomb threat emails, search operation underway

Several bomb hoaxes have been reported in recent weeks, coinciding with heightened security measures due to the ongoing elections

Some schools in Jaipur evacuated after getting bomb threats on email

At least four schools in Jaipur have received bomb threats via email. Police teams, along with bomb squads and sniffer dogs, have been deployed to conduct searches

Nothing suspicious found at IGI, hospitals after bomb threats: Police

IGI Airport received a bomb threat through email from an unidentified account on Sunday afternoon, Delhi Police said

After Delhi, Ahmedabad schools get bomb threats from same Russian domain

The threatening emails were reportedly sent from the Russian domain "mail.ru," the same one that was used to send the bomb threats to the Delhi schools

Bomb threat: Security beefed up at Karnataka's Mangaluru Int'l Airport

Security has been beefed up at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) after the airport authorities received an email about a bomb scare, police said on Saturday. Following the threat received on April 29, the CISF and the police got into multiple levels of security sweeps all over the airport. A First Information Report has been registered in Bajpe police station stating that a certain group identifying itself as Terrorisers 111' had sent the emails. The FIR quoting the email has stated that "there are explosives placed in three places in the airport and we expect large scale bloodshed will happen. This warning and threat should not be taken lightly." Commissioner of police of Mangaluru city Anupam Aggarwal has confirmed that the FIR has been registered. According to sources, the MIA along with over 30 other Airport Authority of India and private airports received a bomb threat on mail on April 29, 2024. The mail was sent to 90+ email IDs of airports and security agencies - ...

Don't believe in false messages on bomb threat received by schools: Police

Taking note of false claims circulating in WhatsApp groups that bombs were detected in schools, Delhi Police on Thursday said the messages have "no truth in them". Police made an appeal to people to not believe in the audio messages that have surfaced on WhatsApp groups making false claims about the bomb threat that schools in Delhi-NCR received on Wednesday morning. "Some audio messages are being pushed on WhatsApp and other chat groups that some suspicious objects were found in some schools," a statement issued by the Delhi Police said on Thursday. "These messages are false and have no truth in them. We request all to please convey further that these are false messages," the statement said. In a bomb scare of unprecedented scale, around 200 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat e-mail on Wednesday claiming that explosives had been planted in their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children. Nothing

Bomb threat to over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR; police probing terror angle

In a bomb scare of unprecedented scale, over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat e-mail on Wednesday claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children. "Nothing objectionable" was found during searches by authorities which later declared it a hoax. Officials said the initial probe suspected a "deeper conspiracy" by a terror group during the Lok Sabha elections, adding that there is suspicion that the threat mail was sent by an ISIS module. The Delhi Police's anti-terror unit special cell has traced the domain of e-mails to Russia and it is suspected to have been formed with the help of the dark web -- an encrypted online content that allows individuals to hide their identity and location from others. The National Investigation Agency may also take up the probe since the role of a terror group is suspected and the "conspiracy" angle may lead to a pan-Ind

Alert! Bomb threats in several schools across Delhi-NCR, schools shut

Several schools across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) were rattled by bomb threats, prompting swift evacuation measures and heightened security protocols. Watch the video to know more.

Delhi Police has traced origin of bomb threats received by schools: LG

Lt Governor VK Saxena said that Delhi Police has traced the origin of the bomb threat emails that were sent to multiple schools in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday, and assured that the culprits will be given strict punishment. Officials said the bomb threat appeared to be hoax and said there was no reason to panic. Saxena visited DAV school in Model Town area that also received the bomb threat. The LG said that Delhi Police responded quickly to the bomb scare and began action after cordoning off and searching the premises with bomb disposal teams and dog squads. Delhi was fully alert to prevent any untoward incident, he said at the school. "Delhi Police has found out from where these emails are coming. Investigation is going on. I would just say that the culprits will not be spared and strict punishment will be given for disrupting peace and harmony," he said. Panic gripped school students and parents early morning on Wednesday after at least 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR received bomb thr

100 Schools in Delhi-NCR receive bomb threats; Delhi Police suspects hoax

Delhi Police has launched an investigation to trace the origin of the emails and urged the public not to panic, as the threats appeared to be hoax calls

5 schools in Delhi, 1 in Noida receive bomb threats; searches underway

Two Delhi schools have received a bomb threat via email here on Wednesday morning, police officials said. Mother Mary School at Mayur Vihar in east Delhi and Delhi Public School at Dwarka received the bomb threats, they said. The school premises was evacuated after local police was informed, they added. Bomb detection team, bomb disposal squad and officials of Delhi Fire Service have been rushed to the school and a search operation is underway, a police officer said.

Delhi's Chacha Nehru Hospital receives bomb threat, investigation underway

An email containing a bomb threat was sent to the Chacha Nehru Hospital on Tuesday; officials said no suspicious items have been found on the hospital premises

Days after Rameshwaram Cafe blast, Karnataka CM gets bomb threat email

The email threatens to blow up buses, temples, and public areas throughout Karnataka, which could be stopped if the perpetrators' demand of $2.5 million payment is met

Panic in Tamil Nadu as 2 schools get bomb threat emails, probe on

Authorities have launched an investigation to identify the sender of the email and the caller behind the hoax

HC asks govt, police to inform about plan to tackle bomb threats to schools

The Delhi High Court has asked the city government and the police to inform it about an "action plan" to deal with frequent instances of bomb threats to schools in the national capital. The court also issued notice to the authorities on an application filed by the petitioner, lawyer Arpit Bhargava, who claimed out of five incidents of bomb threats to schools last year, three are yet to be investigated and taken to their logical conclusion. In a recent order, Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the Delhi government and the Delhi Police to file their response to the plea, and said, "The counter affidavit must indicate the action plan to be taken by the respondents". The petitioner is the father of a child studying at DPS, Mathura Road which received one such threat call last year. "Even this Hon'ble Court was targeted in a similar fashion when a bomb threat email on 15.02.24 sent everyone on their toes and a strict security drill had to be initiated in all courts across Delhi," the late