Dynamite News Uttar Pradesh: Several Kanpur schools get bomb threat via email, probe initiated
Several schools in Kanpur received bomb threats through emails, triggering panic in the city. Read further on Dynamite News:
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Several schools in Kanpur received bomb threats through emails, triggering panic in the city.
This comes amid a spate of such emails threatening schools and hospitals in several cities including those in the Delhi-NCR region and Jaipur.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chander said, "Kanpur Police received information about a bomb threat to various schools.
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The cyber cell is investigating the matter. All officials are instructed to monitor CCTV footage thoroughly to establish a link between this threat and previous bomb threats which were received by multiple schools, airports and hospitals."
He also urged parents not to create a panic situation as police had initiated a probe.
"I request all parents not to panic. We are taking all precautionary measures. Police will approach you regarding the case and action will be taken soon," the top police official further said.
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Moreover, several schools in Rajasthan's capital city Jaipur recieved bomb threats via email on Monday.
Students and staff of these schools were evacuated following the threat messages. Police teams, along with bomb squads were rushed to the schools to undertake bomb tracing exercises.