Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
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engaluru schools receive bomb threat: The threat was in emails that came between 11 am and 11.10 am, purportedly from the US.
Multiple private schools in Bengaluru,mostly in the East and Southeastern parts of the city, received bomb threats via email around 11:10 am. triggering panic.
City Police and Bomb Disposal Squads rushed to the spot and conducted search at all the premises of these schools.
They completed operations at all the schools,which have been declared free of any danger.
The email is mostly a hoax.But we are taking it seriously and not leaving anything to chance, said,Kamal Pant commissioner of Bengaluru.
Police team started the drill and evacuated all the schools that received the threat.
A few schools were conducting exams.Parents were asked to come and pick up the children. Police officials ensured that exams were not disturbed,senior officials said.
Our teams are still searching every nook and crevice of these schools. We will not be able to confirm if it is a hoax or not until the investigation and search are complete,” said a senior police official
The schools that have received the threatening emails are:Delhi Public School,Sulakunte; Gopalan International School,Mahadevapura; New Academy School,Marathahalli;Ebenezer International School,Electronics City;St Vincent Pallotti School,Hennur; and Indian Public School, Govindapura.
Similar emails were also sent to the management of Ebenezer International School in Huskur in Hebbagodi police station limits,Redbridge International Academy on Begur-Koppa Road, and Candor International School on Koppa Road, both in Bannerghatta police station limits, in Bengaluru Rural district.
Teams of officials as local police and intelligence department is conducting investigation to trace the source of the email.
The email to all the schools read:A very powerful bomb has been planted in your school,attention is not a joke,this is not a joke,a very powerful bomb has been planted in your school, immediately call the police and sappers, hundreds of lives may suffer, including yours,do not delay,now everything is only in your hands!
