New Delhi: More than 40 schools in the national capital received bomb threats via email on Monday, Delhi Police said. DPS RK Puram and GD Goenka School in Paschim Vihar are among the 44 schools that received a threat, prompting action. Students have been sent back home, while the police have been informed.
Disappointed with the law and order situation in the national capital, Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked Home Minister Amit Shah for answers. In a social media post on X (formerly Twitter), Mr Kejriwal wrote, “The people of Delhi have never seen such a bad state of law and order in Delhi before. Amit Shah ji should come and answer the people of Delhi.”
Reportedly, the threat was received via email. According to a copy of the email accessed by media, the email was sent at 11:38 on Sunday night. The email claimed that multiple bombs had been planted inside the buildings.
The series of threats first began with RK Puram’s Delhi Public School and Paschim Vihar’s GD Goenka School. Police said that DPS received the threat at 7:06 am, while the latter got the email at 6:15 am.
The threat email read, “I planted multiple bombs inside (school) buildings. The bombs are small and hidden very well. It will not cause much damage to the building, but many people will be injured when the bombs detonate. If I do not receive $30,000 I will detonate the bombs”.
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