Overview

• A message posted to a Bazpur private school's website warned of a blast, prompting a rapid police response and alarmed parents rushing to collect children.
• Bomb disposal teams and sniffer dogs searched the campus and found nothing suspicious, and authorities declared the threat false.
• School management traced the post to a student, who confessed he sought a holiday because he was unprepared for exams.
• The student was detained, counselled at the police station, and later released to his parents, according to officials.
• The scare followed a separate incident in nearby Kashipur where a Class 9 student shot a teacher, while reports differ on the hoax suspect’s exact age or grade.