Amritsar Schools Receive Bomb Threat Emails; Students Evacuated, Police Confirm Hoax

Multiple schools in Amritsar were evacuated on Friday after receiving bomb threat emails, prompting the district administration to order the closure of all educational institutions across the city. As the alerts spread, anxious parents rushed to campuses to pick up their children while police teams launched an immediate investigation.

According to officials, several schools in both urban and rural parts of Amritsar received suspicious emails warning of explosives on their premises. "Some schools across the city and rural belt have received a suspicious email. A Gazetted Officer is deployed at each school, and anti-sabotage checks are underway. The Cyber Police Station is tracking on a war footing the source of the mail," said Amritsar Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar in a statement.

Bomb Threat Declared a Hoax; Probe Continues

Later, Commissioner Bhullar confirmed that the bomb threats turned out to be a hoax, though the investigation is still in progress. "In the adjoining rural areas of the Amritsar district, multiple schools receive bomb threats via email. All senior officials were rushed, and the campuses were secured...The threats turned out to be a hoax...Investigation is underway," he stated.

ADCP-2 Sirivennela also assured the public that extensive anti-sabotage checks had been completed in all affected schools. "Ten to twelve schools received bomb threats via email. We have conducted anti-sabotage checks in all the schools. There is nothing to worry about; it is just a hoax call. We are investigating who sent these emails," the officer said.

Earlier Incident in Delhi

The bomb scare comes just days after a similar incident in Delhi, where a school in Laxmi Nagar received a threat call. According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the call was made at around 10:40 am, claiming that an explosive had been planted inside Lovely Public School. The information was immediately forwarded to local police, the fire department, and emergency responders.

Multiple fire tenders, bomb disposal units, dog squads, and police teams were dispatched to the site. As a precaution, students, teachers, and staff members were evacuated while authorities cordoned off the premises.