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4w ago

Multiple Delhi Schools Evacuated After Hoax Bomb Emails

Police cyber teams are tracing the email source to see whether the Punjabi‑language messages that named Khalistan groups signal a coordinated attempt to create panic.

Teams of the Delhi Police, bomb detection and disposal squads, dog squads and the Delhi Fire Services reached the schools, the premises were evacuated as a precaution and thorough anti-sabotage checks were carried out. (Sonu Mehta/ Hindustan Times)
Police said a probe is underway.
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Overview

  • School evacuations on Tuesday followed threatening emails received between about 10:17 and 10:45 a.m., prompting bomb‑disposal squads, sniffer dogs and Delhi Fire Service teams to conduct anti‑sabotage searches.
  • Authorities completed searches by around noon and found no explosives or suspicious objects, after which officials declared the messages hoaxes.
  • Police say the emails were sent from the address cinchakelly@gmail.com with the subject 'BOOOOOMB New Delhi Schools @1.11 pm' and contained Punjabi warnings that referenced Khalistan National Army and Babbar Khalsa International while warning against metro travel until Sept 29.
  • The alerts disrupted half‑yearly exams; schools including Sardar Patel Vidyalaya evacuated students, communicated with parents and said they would decide later about completing remaining senior‑school papers.
  • Delhi Police and the Cyber Cell are tracing digital leads to identify the sender and motive, and investigators are reviewing a similar Sept. 9 threat to Delhi’s Civic Centre as part of the pattern of hoax alerts.