- Class 11 student sent bomb threat to Delhi school.
- Wanted extended four-day weekend for public holiday.
- .Free VPN failed, exposing her IP address to police.
In a shocking incident, a Class 11 student in Central Delhi had reportedly sent a bomb threat to her own school in an attempt to get an extended weekend. Monday is a public holiday for Valmiki Jayanti, so a closure on Friday would have given her four days off.
How was the student caught?
The 16-year-old girl allegedly sent an email with the subject line “Bombs Placed in Your Building” on Friday, and the district’s cyber police station began a technical investigation in view of the recent spate of threats to schools. A team led by station house officer Hansraj Swamin identified the sender as a student of the same school, he said.
It was found that the student sent the email from her mother’s mobile phone through a free VPN, which failed under heavy load and exposed the phone’s real IP address and location, HT reported.
The cops then collected information about the device and traced the IP address of the mobile phone, examined it and finally caught the suspect. Police said relevant legal action had been initiated against the girl in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act. Further proceedings are underway as per law.
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The action comes amid a recent spate of bomb-threat emails targeting schools in the national capital, prompting security agencies to conduct precautionary checks at affected institutions. The development follows a series of bomb-threat emails received by schools in Delhi.
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Three institutions, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodi Estate, Venkateshwar Global School in Rohini, and Salwan Public School in Mayur Vihar, had allegedly received bomb-threat emails that Friday morning.
A similar case caught attention in January 2025. They traced a 17-year-old Class 12 student who had sent mass emails to schools on at least 10 to 12 occasions; after a weakness tied to the free VPN he was using, he gave investigators a lead.