Bomb threats to schools in Noida: Class 9 student apprehended

15-year-old student arrested for sending bomb threat emails to schools in Noida to avoid attending classes, used VPN to hide identity.

A 15-year-old student of Class 9 was apprehended for sending bomb threat emails to four schools in Noida, the police said on Thursday (February 6, 2025)

He was later presented before the juvenile court, an officer said.

According to the police, the student said he sent the emails because he did not want to attend school. He used a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to hide his location and IP address so that the emails could not be traced, an officer said.

“A police team, a fire brigade team and a bomb squad were rushed to the schools after the school administration discovered the emails. The premises were evacuated first, and then thoroughly searched, but nothing suspicious was found,” Noida Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ram Badan Singh said.

An FIR was registered on behalf of one school under Sections 212, 351(4), 352 of the BNS and 67 D of the IT Act, an officer said. It was found after investigation by the surveillance team and cyber team that a student of Class 9 was behind sending the fake email to the schools, he added.