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St Stephen's College, Dwarka school receive bomb threats, 2nd such incident in 2 days
Delhi police said that so far they have not found anything suspicious, but search ops are still on at St Stephen's College and St Thomas School in Dwarka.
A private school, St Thomas School in Dwarka and St Stephen’s College, Delhi University, received bomb threat mails on Tuesday morning, police said.
Deputy commissioner of police (north) Raja Banthia said that, at St Stephen’s College, the email, received around 7:15am, claimed that four IEDs and two packets of RDX had been planted across the college premises, including its library. The sender warned the devices would explode by 2pm.
Police said that teams from Maurice Nagar police station, the North district crime and cyber unit (CCPS), Bomb Disposal Team (BDT), and the dog squad reached the site. The institution was cordoned off, and an anti-sabotage check was launched.
Banthia said that no suspicious object was found. “The search is still underway, but nothing alarming has been recovered yet,” he said.
Meanwhile in Dwarka, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said that they were informed about the threat at 8:50am by police after which fire tenders were pressed into service.
“We received a call at 8am from St Thomas School in Dwarka as well. Fire tenders were sent immediately,” the official said.
At least three schools in Delhi received mails threatening them of a bomb explosion on Monday morning. The threats were later declared hoax, police said.
Delhi Fire Services said that their control room received a call from the CRPF School in Rohini at 8am, from Navy Children School in Chanakyapuri at 8:15am and from the CRPF School in Dwarka at 8:25am.
“Fire department, bomb disposal squad, dog squad and local police immediately reached the spot and started the cordon and search operation,” the officer said.
Earlier this year in February, both a private school and a Delhi University college received similar threats which were later deemed hoaxes. Authorities are currently investigating the source of these emails and whether the incidents are linked.
