2 Indore schools receive bomb threat mails, evacuated

NEW DELHI: Two private schools in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, were evacuated on Tuesday after receiving bomb threats via email, police said. Bomb disposal teams were dispatched to both schools, but no explosives were found.

According to Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Dandotia, the threats were emailed in the morning to New Digamber Public School on Khandwa Road and Indore Public School in Rau. The emails claimed that RDX had been planted in the schools and would trigger explosions.

"The email said that RDX has been planted in both the schools and this will cause explosions in the educational institutions. Some things are written in Tamil language also in the email," Dandotia told reporters.

Following the threats, authorities evacuated both school premises and conducted thorough inspections with Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads. However, no explosive devices were discovered, police confirmed.

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