Delhi News Today Live Updates: Around 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) received a bomb threat email in the early hours of Wednesday.
Delhi Schools Bomb Threat News Live Updates: A senior Delhi Police officer said that investigation into the origin of the hoax emails with bomb threats sent to Delhi schools has revealed that while the sender used a Russian IP address, the role of an organisation behind the same is being probed. Around 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) received a bomb threat email in the early hours of Wednesday. These include at least five schools in the southwest, three in the east, and 10 in South Delhi. The schools received the threats on their official email IDs around 4 am.
Meanwhile, central agencies are also investigating the matter. Officials said that similar threats were received by airports in the last two days, and by hospitals on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi said, “I want to assure the people of Delhi that Delhi Police is fully prepared and we will try to prevent any untoward incident from happening.”
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The Home Ministry and the Delhi Police have urged citizens not to panic. Upon receiving the information, local police promptly evacuated the school premises. A thorough search operation was conducted with the assistance of bomb detection teams, bomb disposal squads, and officials from the DFS.
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“Polling booth If you go and hunt for weapons, INDIA is in alliance, if there will be no trace of weapons then you will have to cover the marks of your hands. (While voting, do not look for the broom, we are fighting elections together, so make sure that you choose the hand button),” was the rare message of solidarity given by leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress as they gathered at Shakur Basti earlier this week and met voters.
Adorned with banners featuring the stalwarts of both the Congress and AAP, these gatherings serve a twofold purpose: to “convince” voters as well as “educate” party workers about the significance of voting for their alliance partners as per the seat-sharing arrangement.
In Delhithe AAP and Congress have entered into a pact, with seats allocated in a four-three arrangement.
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First uploaded on: 01-05-2024 at 09:04 IST
