Northern India Schools Evacuated After Bomb Hoaxes

Multiple schools across northern India faced evacuations on Wednesday after receiving bomb threat emails, prompting swift police responses and thorough searches that uncovered no explosives or suspicious items.

In Chandigarh, 26 schools, including both government and private institutions in sectors such as 25, 19, 45, and 16, reported receiving the threats early in the morning. Authorities immediately evacuated students and staff, sent incoming pupils back home, and deployed bomb disposal squads, sniffer dogs, and local police teams to inspect classrooms, playgrounds, and surrounding areas. Senior Superintendent of Police Kanwardeep Kaur stated that 10 of the schools had been cleared by midday, with no threats detected. "The police are conducting thorough investigations into the threat emails," Kaur said, noting that an FIR had been registered at Sector 17 police station. Cyber experts are tracing the emails, which originated from a single Gmail account.

Similar alerts hit Haryana, where around 20 schools in Gurugram and Karnal were targeted. In Gurugram, at least six private schools, including Kunskaplanan School in DLF Phase 1, Lancers School in Sector 53, Heritage...