Class 12 Student Detained For Bomb Threats To 23 Delhi Schools

Manish Sisodia said he has never seen such a state of fear in Delhi...

After several weeks of bomb hoaxes triggered panic at dozens of schools in Delhi, the police have revealed a meticulous plan of a minor to skip exams at his school. The police took the class 12 student into the custody after finding out his motive behind the bomb threats which puts entire city administration on alert for many days.

At least six times he had sent bomb threat emails, every time different school except his own. To avoid suspicion, he everytime tagged multiple schools on the mail, said officials.

The minor students wants to avoid his exams at school and devised a plan to set the stage for bomb threats, which he think would disrupt the exams and get those cancelled, according to the officials.

In the past few weeks dozens of such bomb hoaxes had kept authorities on alert, with former education minister Manish Sisodia saying he has never seen such a state of fear in Delhi.

Students were sent back while the bomb squad and sniffer dogs took over campuses. They would end up with nothing suspicious at the end of the day, but a day would get wasted giving a surprise holiday to the students.

Last month in one such incident, over 40 schools including DPS RK Puram and GD Goenka School in Paschim Vihar - received a bomb threat via email. The email said small bombs were planted inside the school buildings and demanded $30,000 to defuse those.

After facing such frequent fake threats, the city police had also started training teachers and school staff in dealing with such crises. To handle such situations a seminar was organised by the police and the Education department.