Delhi’s Amrita School gets bomb threat via e-mail; nothing suspicious found yet

A school in South Delhi's Pushp Vihar has received bomb threat via e-mail, news agency ANI has reported citing Delhi police on 16 May. 

As per the report, police and other teams are present at the spot and investigation is underway.

Chandan Chowdhary, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Delhi informed that the school has been thoroughly checked through BDT (Bomb Disposal Team) and nothing has been found. 

The school was immediately evacuated and buildings were checked but nothing suspicious was found so far, an officer told PTI.

The cases of schools receiving bomb threats has been increasing in recent times. Recently, Delhi Public School, Mathura Road received bomb threat which was later found to be a hoax after the police found nothing suspicious.

"Police and Bomb Disposal Squad reached the school. Later it was found that the e-mail was sent by a student. 2 Bomb Disposal teams along with dogs and local staff manually searched the school but nothing suspicious was found, it was a hoax call," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Rajesh Deo had told ANI.

Prior to that, the same school received a threat email on its official ID which claimed a bomb was been planted on campus and would be activated at 9 am on April 26. Later police sources told ANI that a minor student of DPS school, made a hoax bomb threat email to Delhi Public School "just for fun". 

On April 12, a similar hoax email was received to the administration of Indian Public School, Sadiq Nagar. Police searched the complex after evacuating all the students but nothing suspicious was found. The school had also received a similar email in November last year. The accused in both cases are yet to trace. 

(With inputs from agencies)