29-Aug-2024 02:22 PM
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Erode (Tamil Nadu), Aug 29 (Reporter) Three private schools in Erode, Salem, and Tiruchirapalli districts in Tamil Nadu received bomb threats via email on Thursday, sending the parents and cops into a tizzy.
The Indian Public School headquartered at Erode and its campuses at Salem and Tiruchirapalli received an email this morning threatening that bombs would explode in the institutions, police said.
Upon information, the schools located at Senapathipalayam in Erode, Chettichavadi in Salem, and Kallikudi in Tiruchirapalli were evacuated, and the students were sent to their homes.
The bomb threat triggered tense moments at the schools as anxious parents rushed to the respective educational institutions to pick up their children.
The schools declared a day’s holiday on Thursday in view of the bomb threat.
Senior police officials, along with Tamil Nadu Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) personnel and sniffer dogs, rushed to the schools and conducted a thorough search, but found no suspicious objects.
An investigation was launched into the bomb threat mail.
The cybercrime wing police were trying to identify the sender of the email and track the Internet Protocol address from where the mail has been sent to the schools...////...