3 banks, 6 schools in Delhi receive bomb threat emails

New Delhi: Atleast three banks and six schools in the national capital received bomb threat emails on Monday, prompting authorities to dispatch multiple security teams to the premises and carry out intensive checks, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said.

Among the banks that received the threats were the Axis Bank branch in Connaught Place, State Bank of India AIIMS Branch and the SBI in east Delhi's Shahdara, they said. The six schools that received similar threat emails included Army Public School in Delhi Cantt, Salwan Public School, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Mira Public School in Janakpuri, Ramjas Public School and Ramjas School in Rajendra Nagar.

According to the DFS, calls regarding bomb threats started coming in from 8.20 am, following emails received by the institutions. "Teams from the local police, bomb disposal squad, dog squad and fire department were immediately dispatched to the locations. Detailed anti-sabotage checks are underway," a senior police officer said.

At the school premises, students and staff were evacuated as a precautionary measure, and parents were informed and asked not to panic as security agencies began sanitising the campuses. In a message to parents, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya said the school had received a security threat in the morning and that police teams were present on campus to undertake necessary security measures.