Delhi-NCR schools are receiving “bomb threats” Delhi Education Minister Atishi advised parents not to panic.
Bomb threats have been made against Mother Mary’s School, DPS Dwarka, Sanskriti School Chanakyapuri, Amity School Saket, DPS Noida, and other schools.
Following the receipt of bomb threats via email on Wednesday morning by several schools in the nation’s capital and neighbouring Noida, Delhi Education Minister Atishi advised parents not to panic. Atishi added that no evidence has yet been discovered in any of the schools.
The educational institutions that have received bomb threats include Mother Mary’s School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi Public School at Dwarka, Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Delhi Public School at Vasant Kunj, Amity School in Saket, and Delhi Public School (DPS) in Noida Sector 30, according to officials.
Following the police’s notification of the emails, all schools have been evacuated, according to Delhi Police officials. A police officer stated that a search operation is in progress and that members of the fire department, bomb disposal squad, and bomb detection team had been dispatched to the Delhi schools immediately.
As a precaution, all Delhi-NCR schools that received threat emails were closed, the students were sent back, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was adhered to, according to the authorities. One of the schools mailed parents an update on the threat and the safety precautions the school had taken in case of an emergency.