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Four schools in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada received bomb threat emails, but no explosives were found after a thorough investigation by the police.
4 schools receive bomb threats in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada districts. (Image: Getty)
Four schools in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts received threat emails on Monday claiming that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) had been planted on their premises, news agency PTI quoted police as saying.
The schools that received threats are Manipal School in Atwar, Presidency School and PU College, Cambridge School near Neermarga in Mangaluru city and Sharda Residential School in Kunjibettu, Udupi, he said.
Police teams were sent to these schools, and bomb disposal squads conducted thorough searches. No suspicious items were found during the investigation. To ensure security, police officers have been deployed in schools.
Authorities have asked school staff to remain alert and immediately report any unusual activity or messages to the police.
“Separate cases have been registered regarding the threat emails, and a detailed investigation is underway to identify the source of the threats,” a senior police officer said.
Mumbai school receives hoax bomb threat over email
A private school and junior college in the western suburbs received an email about a bomb on its campus on Monday, but it was later found to be a hoax, police said. An email sent to the administration of a school in Kandivali claimed that the Afzal gang had planted a bomb.
Police with bomb detection and dog squads searched the Kandivali Education Society (KES) School and Junior College, but did not find anything suspicious. He later confirmed that the email was a hoax.
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A similar incident took place on January 23 at a school in Jogeshwari-Oshiwara area. The school received another email claiming that explosives were on campus, but the threat was also found to be a hoax.
