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Hoax Bomb Alerts Evacuate Delhi Schools, College and Bombay Stock Exchange

Authorities are tracing VPN-routed hoax emails after deploying bomb squads, sniffer dogs, fire services at evacuated Delhi campuses, a university college, the Bombay Stock Exchange.

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Security personnel outside Navy School in Chanankyapuri after the school received a bomb threat on Monday.

Overview

  • On July 14 and 15, threat emails prompted evacuations and searches at five Delhi educational institutions, including CRPF schools in Prashant Vihar and Rohini, the Navy Children School in Chanakyapuri, St. Thomas School in Dwarka and St. Stephen’s College.
  • The Bombay Stock Exchange received an email claiming four RDX IED bombs in its tower building set to explode at 3 PM, triggering a bomb squad response that found no suspicious device.
  • Police, sniffer dog units, bomb disposal squads and fire services coordinated thorough searches of school campuses and the BSE tower, ultimately declaring all threats hoaxes.
  • Cybercrime teams are investigating the origin of the emails, with initial findings indicating perpetrators used VPNs and foreign servers to conceal their locations.
  • These incidents follow a broader campaign of over 200 hoax bomb threats against Delhi institutions since mid-2024, leading to a 115-point SOP for handling future alerts.