On May 13, Monday, police in Rajasthan’s capital city Jaipur reported that several schools had received bomb threats via email. As a precautionary measure, students and staff were evacuated from these schools, while police teams and bomb squads were deployed to conduct searches. Lucknow schools also made headlines after the same hoax threats caused a panic situation in the city.
DCP East Jaipur Kavendra Sagar stated, “Threatening emails have been sent to some schools in the city, including Maheshwari School (MPS International School). Currently, the bomb disposal squad is conducting searches in the school premises. All students and staff have been safely evacuated, and further investigation is ongoing.”
This incident occurred shortly after over 100 schools in Delhi-NCR received similar bomb threats, causing panic among parents.
Although the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) later deemed the emails a ‘hoax,’ this incident echoes a previous bomb threat in Jaipur last year, targeting Jaipur Airport. Similarly, on May 12, Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and several government hospitals in Delhi received bomb threats via email, prompting investigations by the Delhi Police.
The hospitals affected include Dada Dev Hospital in Dabri, Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital in Hari Nagar, Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in Dilshad Garden, Hindu Rao Hospital in Malka Ganj, and Aruna Asaf Ali Govt Hospital on Rajpur Road. These incidents occurred nearly two weeks after multiple schools in Delhi-NCR received similar bomb threats via email.
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Apart from Jaipur, Lucknow schools were also targeted with bomb threats. On Monday (May 13), three schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow got the threats via email, triggering panic among school authorities and students. Authorities promptly launched an investigation into the matter, and in response to the threat emails, students were swiftly evacuated and safely sent home with their parents.
