Class 12 Student Arrested For Sending Bomb Threat Mails to Delhi Schools

A 17-year-old boy was nabbed by the police for his alleged involvement in sending bomb threat mails to schools in Delhi.

The police said that the boy is a student of class 12 and is part of students who have been sending bomb threats to schools. This comes after about seven private schools in Delhi received bomb threat mails.

Senior police officers said the Wednesday mail was sent by an unknown sender at 10:45am.

The mail mentioned that a powerful bomb has been planted in each school and will be detonated during exams, while urging schools to pay a ransom.

A police officer said, “We traced the location of the Gmail account, and the boy was found on Thursday. He used a phone to send the mail. He was brought in for questioning and told us that he and his friends have been doing this since last year as a prank. They were using VPN to evade being caught.”

The officer added, “We will be calling all the boys for questioning. They are all minors and students. They are all friends and planned these emails. They wanted to be in the news and would send the mails to get attention.”

Last year, close to 250 schools across Delhi-NCR received hoax bomb threat mails. However, no arrests have been made in the case. The police are checking the involvement of the arrested boys in that case.

The officer said, “We are checking their involvement in previous cases including the May 2024 incident in which more than 250 schools were targeted.”