Bomb threat emails to four Chandigarh schools trigger searches, prove hoax

Four schools in Chandigarh received bomb threat emails on Tuesday morning, Aug 11, prompting police and security agencies to conduct extensive searches of the premises, officials said.

No bomb or suspicious object was found during the searches, they said.

According to police, the schools that received the threats are Carmel Convent School in Sector 9-B, St John's High School and Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in Sector 26, and St Stephen's School in Sector 45-B.

After receiving the information, police teams, bomb detection and disposal personnel, and sniffer dog squads reached the schools and conducted thorough searches of the campuses. Authorities also checked areas adjoining the schools as a precautionary measure and stepped up security arrangements, officials said.

Police have launched a technical investigation to trace the source of the threat emails and identify the person responsible.

The incident prompted heightened security measures in and around the affected schools.