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Delhi Police have approached the National Central Bureau (NCB) in Russia's capital Moscow over the threat emails received by over 250 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Wednesday evening. This development comes as the email via which the threats were sent had a Russian domain and was in the name- sawariim@mail.ru.

“We have collected details of the emails from all the schools and examined them. All emails were sent by the same origin one by one to the schools. No other email IDs were used. All information has been sent to NCB Russia through Interpol. We have asked for details of the registrant such as name, address contact details, alternate email IDs, and complete ID Logs. We are awaiting their reply,” said a senior police officer associated with the case, as quoted by the Hindustan Times.

Let's take a look at all the recent updates in the case:

- On Thursday, the Delhi Police registered an FIR, in which it said the intention of the bomb hoax emails received by over 100 Delhi schools was to "create mass panic and disturb public order."

- According to an official source, who has access to the FIR, at least 125 bomb threat calls were received from different schools from 5:47 am to 2:13 pm on Wednesday.

- The Delhi police revealed that the email used to threaten the Delhi-NCR schools contained the word 'Swaraiim', which is an Arabic word used by the Islamic State since 2014 to spread Islamist propaganda.

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- The FIR has been registered at Special Cell Police Station under IPC sections 505 (2) (statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes), 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), and 120 (B) (punishment of criminal conspiracy).

- Despite the threat emails being declared 'hoax', the schools in the city witnessed a slightly lower attendance on Thursday, even as principals revisited evacuation plans for such emergencies in the future. 

- Many schools on Thursday reopened to normalcy but attendance has taken a hit even in schools where the threat was not received, principals of some schools told PTI.

- Amid the panic among parents, Delhi Police took note of false news circulating in WhatsApp groups that bombs were detected in schools and urged people not to believe in rumours and stop spreading fake news.

- "We have received some messages that many parents were having conversations regarding a suspicious object found inside schools over WhatsApp group. I want to say whenever you get such messages, you should first identify its source, and then forward it. This is the time of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep fake. Any fake news spreads like wildfire," Delhi Police PRO Suman Nalwa said.

- The Delhi Police specifically mentioned audio messages spreading rumours about suspicious objects found in schools, emphasising that these claims are entirely untrue.

- "Some audio messages are being pushed on WhatsApp and other chat groups that some suspicious objects were found in some schools. These messages are false and have no truth in them. I request all to please convey further that these are false messages," the Delhi police stated.

(With ANI inputs)