Overview
- Jalandhar’s police chief said 11 private schools reported threat emails, prompting early closures and orderly evacuations.
- Anti-sabotage and bomb-disposal teams searched all affected campuses and reported no suspicious objects.
- An FIR was filed with the cyber cell, which is tracing the emails’ origin and the VPN used, with messages sent from three IDs.
- Officials described the threats as non-genuine and in the same format as those received in Amritsar, while advising vigilance at other schools.
- BJP leader Tarun Chugh urged an NIA investigation and criticized the state government, framing the emails as an attempt to spread fear.