Indore School Evacuated After Parent Receives Hoax Bomb Threat; Probe On

Indore School Evacuated After Parent Receives Hoax Bomb Threat; Probe On

After looking for a couple of hours and intensively interrogating the teachers and other workers, they could not find a bomb.

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Monday, September 09, 2024, 03:12 PM IST
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Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A parent in Indore received a call from an unknown number threatening to blow up Gurukul School-- where their child studies. Panicked, the father immediately informed Aerodrome police who took swift action. After the call, a team of police officials and bomb squad reached the school.

They immediately evacuated the school and began their search. After looking for a couple of hours and intensively interrogating the teachers and other workers, they could not find a bomb. The threat was declared as a hoax and a case has been registered against the unidentified caller.

According to information, on Monday morning, a man, identified as Ankit Soni, a resident of Indore got a call from an unknown number. The caller told Soni that in the school where his son is currently studying will blow up in some time. He even told the name of the school and said that no matter what it will blow up.

Panicked by the call, Soni quickly dialed up 100 and informed Aerodrome police about the threat. Acting on the call, a team of police officials and a bomb squad reached the Gurukul School, located in the Palhar Nagar area of the city. Students and teachers were quickly evacuated and the bomb squad began a search. After scouring the whole school and interrogating the teachers and other workers, police could not find a bomb and concluded that the threat was a hoax.

Angered and confused, Soni filed a complaint against the unidentified caller and acting on his complaint, police has filed a FIR and further investigation is underway.

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