- By Sahelee Rakshit
- Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:44 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
A bomb threat was received by Delhi University's Ram Lal Anand College on Thursday morning, creating a panic situation in the surrounding. There was a stir in the entire college as soon as the threat call was received.
According to reports, an employee of the college received a call in his WhatsApp at around 9.34 AM. The unknown caller said that the college would be bombed.
The college campus was evacuated and the students were hastily sent home after the Principal notified the staff about this.
After learning about the situation, the police, dog squad, and bomb disposal team arrived at the college and began their investigation.
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According to the DCP South West Rohit Meena, "A bomb threat call was received by the staff of Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi at around 9:34 hours. Immediately, police along with Ambulance, Bomb Disposal Squads (BDS), and Bomb Disposal Teams (BDT) reached the college and students were evacuated".
"Search and checking is being carried out," he said.
According to DCP Meena, nothing suspicious has been discovered thus far.
Additional actions are being taken.
In a separate incident, two schools in Tamil Nadu, one in Coimbatore and another in Kancheepuram, received a bomb threat on Sunday night and Monday morning respectively, causing panic among students, parents and staff. The schools were identified as PSBB Millennium School in Coimbatore and a private school in Kancheepuram district.
Police and a bomb squad rushed to the PSBB Millennium School in Coimbatore after an email warning of a bomb planted in the school was received. A similar hoax call was made to a private school in Kancheepuram district.