CHANDIGARH, FEB 11 : Sixteen private schools in Punjab’s Mohali received bomb threat emails on Wednesday. School campuses were thoroughly searched; no suspicious objects have been found so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schools declared a holiday and sent students back home. Parents have been assured that all necessary safety steps are being taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
YPS Mohali, Learning Paths School, Manav Mangal School, Shivalik Public School, Paragaon Senior Secondary School and Infinite Jesus School were among the schools which received the bomb threat emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police officials said investigations are underway to trace the source of the threatening emails, and security has been tightened around the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bomb disposal squads and anti-sabotage teams were rushed to the schools. Teams from the Education department and the district administration have been sent to the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All school managements have been advised to close the schools and fully cooperate with the police during search operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mohali District Education Officer Dr Ginni Duggal said that as of now no government school in the district has reported receiving any threat so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources said Duggal immediately informed Deputy Commissioner of SAS Nagar Komal Mittal and senior police officers about the bomb email threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to preliminary reports, some emails are dated 11 February and some dated 13 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Sixteen schools have received bomb threat emails,” Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Harmandeep Singh Hans told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We have sought more anti-sabotage teams from Fatehgarh Sahib and Rupnagar districts for checking of schools,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hans said around 300 policemen were involved in the search operation, and all targeted schools were evacuated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest scare comes close on the heels of similar threat incidents in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, and Haryana schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All threats turned out to be hoaxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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