DPS RK Puram among 5 Delhi schools to get bomb threat mails, students evacuated | Delhi News
A bomb threat e-mail was received by at least five prominent schools in Delhi — including DPS RK Puram, Modern School, Indian School and Sanskriti School — on Wednesday morning. This is the third such threat to public spaces in the Capital this month, a police officer said.
As per the officer, the first call was received from Lovely Public School in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar at 10.40 am. Following the call, the Delhi Fire Services, Bomb Disposal Squads, dog squads and Bomb Disposal Teams were dispatched to the spot.
The campus was evacuated, the police officer said, and the area was cordoned off. The bomb threat was then declared a hoax, officers said.
Police said the threat mail, sent at 10.04 am from wasung@atomicmail.io, claimed that a blast would happen at about 12:04 pm on Wednesday. It mentioned the role of Khalistani groups in planting the explosives.
On Saturday, a bomb threat e-mail was sent to the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) at Delhi’s Ashoka Road, police officers said.
According to police sources, the mail had come in early in the morning, and was seen by the staff during opening hours. “We would like to inform you that an e-mail was received at IWPC’s official mail ID at 4.57 am today stating that RDX-IED has been planted at the premises of IWPC & DUJ,” a statement by the IWPC stated.
On December 3, Delhi University’s Ramjas and Deshbandhu colleges received bomb threat emails, prompting immediate evacuation of their premises. Both threats turned out to be hoax, said police.
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This email, sent from Adil_Vasuki@outlook.com, said three RDX were planted in Ramjas and Deshbandhu colleges by ISI-based operatives to ‘divert’ attention.
Police had said the sender, who identified himself as Adil Vasuki Khan, also claimed that he was part of the conspiracy, but now wants to turn informer.
