40 Delhi schools get bomb threat mail, sender demands USD 30K

Around 40 schools in Delhi received a bomb threat mail Monday morning with the sender demanding USD 30,000 prompting a multi-agency search of the premises but “nothing suspicious was found”, a police official said.

The threat was sent in a single e-mail marked to some of the city’s prominent schools including DPS RK



Puram; GD Goenka, Paschim Vihar; The British School, Chanakyapuri; The Mother’s International, Aurobindo Marg; Modern School, Mandi House; DPS Vasant Kunj; Delhi Police Public School, Safdarjung; DPS East of Kailash and Salwan Public Schools.

Most schools that received the threat suspended classes and sent students back home.