Bomb threats were received via email on Friday targeting different locations in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, including government offices and public places, within 24 hours.
A major security alert was triggered in Himachal Pradesh after bomb threats were emailed targeting two key government offices, the Chief Secretary's office in the State Secretariat and the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mandi district, on Thursday.
According to the Delhi police, Bomb Detection Teams (BDTs) and CISF swiftly carried out thorough checks at both sites. However, no suspicious objects were found, and the call was later declared a hoax by the Delhi Police and the Delhi Fire Service (DFS).
A new bomb threat sent to schools in Delhi and NCR has prompted an investigation, with Noida Police suspecting student mischief, particularly since exams are underway.
After Police cracked down on the case of a series of hoax bomb threats sent to Delhi schools, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that it is the work of depraved minds to destabilise social harmony and the progress of the nation.
BJP on Tuesday stepped up its attack on Aam Aadmi Party after Delhi Police said that its probe into bomb threats to schools in the national capital has led to a juvenile and one of his parents is connected to an organisation with links to an NGO which has "deep connections to a particular
The accused, a public school student, was identified and apprehended after a thorough technical investigation by the Cyber Cell of the South District police.
Speaking to ANI on the issue of bomb threats, the special CP said that such emails are usually bogus and pranks and many times sent by some students to cancel exams and classes but police cannot take any chance and hence they carry out proper checking and bomb detection drills.
According to officials, the list includes Delhi Public School in Vasant Vihar and RK Puram, Blue Bells, and Tagore International. The emails claimed that a large amount of explosives had been planted on the school premises.