After blast in Delhi’s Rohini, 3 CRPF schools get hoax threat email, probe underway

CRPF schools in Delhi and Hyderabad safe after hoax threat email; security agencies investigating potential Khalistani involvement.

The CRPF has received a hoax threat e-mail claiming that its three schools in Delhi and Telangana will be targeted by improvised explosives, official sources said Tuesday (October 22, 2024).

The schools-- one each in Rohini and Dwarka of Delhi and one in Medchal near Hyderabad -- are safe and functioning normally, the sources said.

The suspicious email was received by the CRPF on Monday (October 21, 2024) night. It claimed that the improvised devices may explode on the three premises by 11 am Tuesday (October22, 2024).

Anti-sabotage checks were carried out and nothing suspicious was found, the sources said.

The three CRPF schools are functioning normally, they said.

The threat email comes a day after a blast along the boundary wall of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) school in Prashant Vihar area of Rohini in the National Capital.

Security and intelligence agencies are probing the role of Khalistani supporters in the Sunday(October 20, 2024) morning blast.