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Hoax Bomb Emails Force Evacuations at Two Delhi University Colleges

Police later called the alerts hoaxes, with cyber teams now tracing the sender.

Overview

  • Ramjas College in North Campus and Deshbandhu College in Kalkaji received threat emails around 1:59 am, triggering evacuations and anti-sabotage sweeps by police, bomb squads and sniffer dogs.
  • After comprehensive searches, officers found no explosives and declared the alerts hoaxes, with campuses reopening only after security clearance.
  • Police said the emails carried the subject line about “3 RDX IEDs,” referenced Pakistan’s ISI and Coimbatore, and were sent from the ID adi_vasuki@outlook.com.
  • Multiple Delhi Police and cyber teams are tracing the IP address and working to identify the sender, and no arrests have been announced.
  • Students reported panic and cancelled practical exams, and officials noted the incident fits a recent pattern of hoax threats against schools and courts in the capital.