Gurugram schools receive fake bomb threat: 26 institutions searched, email sender hunted

The bomb threats sent via email to prominent Gurugram schools on Wednesday turned out to be fake. After several hours of search operations in 26 private schools, nothing suspicious was found. An FIR was registered, and the police are trying to identify the person who sent the email.

According to Vikas Kaushik, ACP, DLF, a bomb threat was first sent via email to a private school in DLF Phase 1 around 7 am on Wednesday. A joint search operation was carried out by the bomb disposal team along with teams from the Gurugram police, SDRF, Civil Defence, and Fire Department. Other prominent schools in Gurugram received similar threats, prompting a search operation in all schools. No suspicious objects were found.

School management informed the police control room after receiving the threat email. Parents were urged not to send their children to school, and those who had already arrived were sent back. A senior police officer stated that some schools announced holidays, but a thorough investigation was conducted, and nothing objectionable was found.

CP Vikas Kumar Arora, Gurugram, said, “A total of 26 prominent private schools received the threat through emails. Police teams, along with bomb squad and dog squad teams, conducted an intensive search, but nothing objectionable was found, and the threat proved to be a hoax. Our teams are searching for the accused who sent these emails.”