Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Punjabi Bomb Threats Target Delhi Schools, Searches Find Nothing Suspicious
Four Delhi schools received emails threatening bomb attacks.
The messages were reportedly written in Punjabi.
They named schools, courts and particular times for possible attacks.
The emails also warned people not to use the Metro or trains.
Police sent bomb experts and trained dogs to search the schools.
Firefighters and ambulances were placed nearby as a precaution.
Nothing dangerous was found during the searches.
Police are now studying the emails to find who sent them.
Air Force Bal Bharati School, Carmel Convent School, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and The British School received bomb-threat emails Tuesday morning.
The emails, reportedly sent in Punjabi at about 10:17 a.m., named specific targets and times, including schools and courts.
Delhi Police deployed bomb squads, sniffer dogs, local officers, fire tenders and ambulances to the affected areas.
Security searches found no suspicious object or explosive device, and officials described the threats as a hoax.
Police are reviewing the emails to identify the sender amid a wider pattern of similar hoax threats targeting institutions.
- Who
- Air Force Bal Bharati School, Carmel Convent School, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and The British School received the threats; Delhi Police investigated.
- What
- The schools received Punjabi-language bomb-threat emails that also mentioned courts, police stations and public transport.
- When
- The emails were received on Tuesday at about 10:17 a.m.; the messages cited 1:11 p.m. and 3:11 p.m. as threat times.
- Where
- The affected schools were in Delhi; the emails also mentioned Tees Hazari, Karkardooma and Patiala courts.
- Why
- The reason for sending the threats was not established; police were reviewing the emails to identify the sender.
- Threat language
- Punjabi
- Email receipt time
- About 10:17 a.m. on Tuesday
- Schools named
- Air Force Bal Bharati School, Carmel Convent School, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and The British School
- Threatened locations
- Schools, courts and police stations; the emails also warned against Metro and train travel
- Police response
- Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads, sniffer-dog teams and local police searched the premises
- Search result
- Officials reported finding nothing suspicious and described the threats as a hoax
- Related arrest
- Delhi Police arrested Srinivas Louis in March, alleging he sent more than 1,100 hoax bomb threats across India