Meanwhile around 44 schools across Bengaluru city received an email early on friday morning claiming there were “explosive devices on the school grounds”. Bengaluru police Commissioner B Dayananda told that prima facie it looks like a hoax mail, adding that police personnel have spanned across the city to check every school mentioned and secure them. “A similar hoax email was received by 15 schools in 2022 claiming that explosives were planted on the school premises. Our teams are conducting a thorough search, but it looks like a case of mischief,” he told. “There is no need to panic at all. This looks like a hoax, and we will ensure that Bengaluru is safe,” added the police commissioner.
School managements alerted the police, following which teams of sniffer dogs and Bomb Detection & Disposal Squad were sent to the schools that received the email threat. news agency shared a video of bomb squad and dog squad inspection at a school in Anekal. Reports has accessed the email that was received by all schools at 7:04am on december 1. It claims that the so-called act of planting explosives is in retaliation for those “who were martyred on november 26 (26/11)”.
The school managements immediately informed parents of students who had already arrived and asked them to take their children back home as the police conducted a complete search of the premises. “We were told the school has been closed down after this incident and they asked us to take our child home until the investigation concludes,” said the parent of a student from a school in Hebbal which was among those that received the bomb threat.
Another similar incident took place on january 6 this year where a private school in Bengaluru’s Rajajinagar received an email around 11:30am claiming a bomb had been planted on the school premises. Nearly 1,000 children were evacuated, and after conducting a thorough search operation, the police declared the premises safe and concluded it was a hoax. As a precaution, other school managements have sent messages to parents in the city saying: “Dear Parent, Your ward is safe in school. We will be in touch if there is a need. Please do not worry. Management.”
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