Bomb hoax at schools: IS angle suspected, Delhi Police Special Cell to investigate
bomb threat email sent to over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR region, as the initial probe hinted at a deeper conspiracy by a terror group during the Lok Sabha elections, officials said on Wednesday. A case has been registered under relevant sections of law for offences like conspiracy and threat by the Special Cell and a dedicated team formed to conduct the investigation, an official said.
«The matter is related to national security. It needs a deeper probe,» the official said.
In a scare of unprecedented scale, over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR area received an identical bomb threat by email early Wednesday, triggering mass evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children.
The threat was declared a hoax as «nothing objectionable» was found during searches, the police said.
According to the police officer, the email ID from which the threat was sent is 'sawariim@mail.ru'. Sawarim is an Arabic word extensively used by the terror outfit Islamic State (IS) in their propaganda videos over the past several years, the official said.
«Kill them wherever you meet and drive them out of the places from which they drove you. There are many explosive devices in the school...,» reads the identical email sent to all schools.
The officer said that the email also contained «aayate (verses) of the holy Quran».
The investigators are looking into the timing angle too as the country is in the midst of Lok Sabha elections, he said.
«The main agenda of sending such threat emails in bulk is to
