Delhi schools receive bomb threats, fifth such instance within weeks

Bomb threats were received by a few schools in Delhi on Tuesday (December 17, 2024), making it the second such incident this week and the fifth in nine days in the national capital, officials said.

On Monday (December 16, 2024), around 20 schools including DPS R.K. Puram received threat emails.

According to an official from the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), a call regarding a bomb threat was received from Crescent Public School in Saraswati Vihar, northwest Delhi.

The official said that personnel from the fire department, local police, bomb detection team and dog squad conducted a search, but nothing suspicious was found so far.