Bomb threats sent to multiple Delhi schools, students evacuated

Multiple schools in the national capital received a bomb threat via email on WednesdayThe schools immediately issued a notice to parents to collect their students as a precautionThe notice outlined the phased dispersal of students to closely monitor and manage the situation without causing panic among students and parentsThe notice issued by The Indian School read Dear Parents the school has received a bomb threat via email As a precautionary measure the school is dispersing the children You are requested to kindly come and collect your child as per the schedule below Nursery to Class 2 930 AM Class 3 to 5 945 AM Class 6 to 8 955 AM Class 9 and above 1015 AMAt the same time Ahlcon International School in New Delhi also received a bomb threatIt issued a similar notice to parents advising them to coordinate with van drivers for safe timely student pickupThe notice stated Dear Parent kindly note that due to an email threat received this morning we are arranging an early dispersal for all students on footersbus usersvan users at 1130 am keeping the safety of our students as our utmost priority Parents are requested to kindly coordinate with the van drivers for timely pickup Your patience and cooperation in this regard are highly appreciated The competent authorities are being contacted for further instructions and clearance From Ahlcon International schoolMeanwhile officials said schools in Laxmi Nagar and Sadiq Nagar received bomb threatsAccording to the fire department the information was received in the morningThe police say that more than one school received the callsAn investigation is currently underway and further details are awaitedEarlier the students at two Delhi University colleges were evacuated after Deshbandhu College and Ramjas College received bomb threat emails last Wednesday officials saidPolice and bomb squads reached both campuses and began checking the premisesDelhi Police confirmed that the threat emails were received by both institutions around the same timeMultiple police teams along with the bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs were deployed at the sitesHowever no suspicious object has been found during the searches officials saidThe Security forces have been on high alert since the Delhi blast near the Red Fort which has killed atleast 15 peopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever