Overview
- Police said at least 21 private and government schools in Chandigarh received threat emails on Friday, prompting evacuations and large security deployments.
- Bomb disposal squads, dog units, fire services and ambulances conducted systematic searches before campuses were cleared to resume normal activity.
- Schools named in earlier reports included Delhi Public School (Sector 40), Bhavan Vidyalaya and St Kabir Public School, with Hindustan Times later reporting a wider set of campuses affected.
- The emails used alarmist language such as “save your children,” cited specific times for blasts and referenced “justice for Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” according to police sources.
- Cyber teams have opened a probe to trace the origin of the messages through IP and routing analysis, as authorities urge the public not to spread unverified information.