DPS RK Puram receives second bomb threat in a week

New Delhi: The Delhi Public School in RK Puram was shut on Friday after its junior wing in East of Kailash received second bomb threat on Friday.

Six schools in Delhi received bomb threats over email early on Friday, triggering a multi-agency search of their premises, officials said.

A Delhi Fire Services official said, "We received calls (regarding the threat emails) from Bhatnagar International School in Paschim Vihar (4:21 am), Cambridge School in Shri Niwas Puri (6:23 am) and DPS Amar Colony in East of Kailash (6:35 am)."

"(Calls were also received) from the South Delhi Public School in Defence Colony (7:57 am), Delhi Police Public School in Safdarjung (8:02 am) and Venkateshwar Global School in Rohini (8:30 am)," he added.

The fire department, police and bomb detection teams, along with dog squads, have reached the schools and are conducting checks, the official said.

In a communication sent to the parents, the school cited unavoidable circumstances for the closure.

Here is the communication from Principal:

"Dear Parents

Delhi Public School, RK Puram, East of Kailash and Vasant Vihar will remain closed today i.e. on Friday , 13 December 2024 on account of some unavoidable circumstances.
Buses will not ply.

By order
Principal
DPS R K Puram"

The latest threats come on the back of at least 44 schools receiving similar emails on December 9. Police had declared those threats as hoaxes.

Earlier this week on Monday, similar threat was sent in a single e-mail marked to the some of the city's prominent schools including DPS RK Puram; GD Goenka, Paschim Vihar; The British School, Chanakyapuri; The Mother's International, Aurobindo Marg; Modern School, Mandi House; DPS Vasant Kunj; Delhi Police Public School, Safdarjung; DPS East of Kailash and Salwan Public Schools.

In May, more than 200 schools, hospitals and other important government installations in the city received a similar kind of bomb threat but the case is yet to solved as the mail was sent using Virtual Private Network (VPN).