A class 12 student gets apprehended for bomb threat emails to 23 Delhi schools

The suspect sent the last 23 threat emails to different schools in Delhi, said DCP, South Delhi.

The Delhi Police has detained a class 12 student for sending threatening emails to 23 Delhi schools for the past few days, as reported by news agency ANI. Ankit Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner of Police South Delhi, told ANI that the suspect had sent the last 23 threat emails to different schools in Delhi. He said, “During interrogation, he admitted that he had sent threatening emails earlier as well.”

A minor boy sends bomb threat emails to different Delhi schools.

As reported by NDTV citing officials, the minor boy did not want to take school examinations and used this method to trigger panic and get the tests cancelled. Around 10 educational institutions received bomb threat emails on Thursday, the latest in the series of such incidents in the national capital, reported news agency PTI. The officials said that police will address a press conference at its headquarters later in the day and share more details.

Students behind bomb threats to schools.

Delhi police found that at least three schools hit by bomb threat emails have turned out to be victims of their students. One of the many schools that received bomb threats was Venkateshwar Global School, receiving a threatening email a day after a mysterious blast occurred at the Rohini Prashant Vihar PVR Multiplex on November 28, PTI reported. Citing a police offer, PTI reported that the email was sent by two siblings enrolled in the school because they wanted the exams to be postponed. During counselling, both students admitted that they got the idea from previous incidents of bomb threats being made to schools, said the officer. They were allowed to go after their parents were given a warning.

After the email was reported, police conducted a thorough check of the school and declared the threat to be a hoax.