Bengaluru: Bengaluru police panicked after National Hill View Public School in RR Nagar received a hoax bomb threat through an e-mail on Sunday evening. The email stated that the bomb will explode on Sunday while the school authorities checked their email on Monday after the school re-opened.
"There is a bomb planted in the campus of the school, it will explode tomorrow at 10 o'clock try your best as the effect will be there for 200 feet radius. Thx. With regards, Bomb Terrorist," read the email sent on Saturday. The management of the school owned by Congress State President DK Shivakumar reported the matter to the police.
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The police reached the spot with bomb disposal and dog squad. The school was quickly evacuated, and the police thoroughly searched the premises and declared the threat a hoax. As news about the bomb threat spread, panic-stricken parents rushed to the school to enquire about the safety of their children. The school management told parents to avoid panic as the pupils and faculty have been shifted to another unit of their school.
Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said the police were on their job and will trace the whereabouts of the person who sent the threatening mail. Congress leader Shivakumar said, "I received the information today morning. I immediately informed to the police. A bomb disposal squad and police were present there. I think it is a hoax call."
