CRPF schools, including 2 in Delhi, get bomb threats via e-mail: Sources

Several CRPF schools across the nation, including two in Delhi and one in Hyderabad, received bomb threats via e-mail, sources said. This comes just two days after a powerful blast ripped through the wall of a CRPF school in Delhi’s Rohini area, as well as several Indian airlines getting more than 100 bomb threats in the past one week.
The sources said the e-mails were sent on Monday night to the school administration.
According to Delhi Police, a CRPF school in Tamil Nadu was the first to get the threat following which an alert was sent out to all the affiliated schools in the country.
The Rohini district police said the threats were a hoax.
The high-intensity blast on Sunday outside the CRPF school in Rohini’s Prashant Vihar damaged nearby shops and vehicles, and also made a hole on the wall of the building.
There were no reports of any casualties or injuries as a result.
A pro-Khalistani group claimed responsibility for the blast on Telegram, prompting Delhi Police to reach out to the social media app, requesting details about the channel from where the post originated.
BOMB THREATS TO INDIAN AIRLINES
Since last week, several Indian airlines operating on domestic and international routes have received bomb threats, significantly disrupting flight services across the nation. The targeted airlines include Air India, IndiGo, Vistara and Akasa Air.
Between Monday night and Tuesday, at least 30 flights — 10 IndiGo, 10 Vistara and 10 Air India — received such threats. Most of these flights operated internationally.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Monday announced that making hoax bomb threat calls to airlines would be made a cognisable offence and perpetrators will be placed on no-fly lists.
Calling it a sensitive situation, Naidu said the Aviation Ministry is in contact with other ministries to strengthen the existing laws.
Police have found some common lines and words used in these fake threats, like “bombs”, “blood will spread everywhere”, “explosive devices”, “this is not a joke” and “you will all die” and “bomb rakhwa dia hai” (Hindi for bomb has been placed).
A 17-year-old school dropout from Chhattisgarh was arrested earlier, and the investigation revealed that he was responsible for some of the calls.
However, the origin of the majority of the threats is yet to be traced.