Agra/Kanpur/Meerut,

23 July (HS): On Wednesday, private schools in Agra and Meerut received bomb

threats via email, triggering massive searches by bomb disposal and dog squads,

but no evidence has been uncovered, according to police. Vinayak Bhosale, Agra

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), said that Shri Ram School and Global

School in the city have received threatening emails. Both schools were

extensively inspected by the bomb disposal and dog squads. No suspicious objects were discovered in any

school, he stated.

Normal

academic activities have resumed, according to the officer, and the cyber cell

has launched an inquiry into the origins of the emails. Preliminary

investigations show that these emails originated in Kolkata, according to ACP

Bhosale, who added that a more thorough investigation is ongoing to track down

the perpetrators.

Kanpur's

Joint Police Commissioner (Law and Order) Ashutosh Kumar said today that more

than 12 private schools in the city, including Gulmohar and Jaipuria, had

received bomb threats. After this, the police and bomb squad conducted

intensive checking in the schools, but no explosive material or any other

objectionable material was found. All the children in the schools are safe. The

cyber cell has been alerted in this matter.

On

Tuesday afternoon, the Diwan Public School in Meerut received a threat email,

leading the school to notify the district magistrate and the Senior

Superintendent of Police. District Magistrate V K Singh stated that all schools

in Meerut are currently closed (due to the Kanwar Yatra), so there was no need

to panic. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada, cyber and

surveillance teams are probing the email, which appears to have originated in

Kolkata.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi