Jaipur: Residents of the city woke up to bomb scares on Monday, with nearly 68 schools receiving a threatening email. News of the threatening emails spread panic among residents on a day when the city marked the 16th anniversary of the 2018 serial bomb blasts.
Just a day ago, Jaipur International Airport also received a threatening email. Sunday’s threat was the fifth the airport has received in five months. To everyone’s relief, a closer search of the school revealed that the threat was a hoax, just like the threats against the airport.
School authorities were busy calling police hotlines on Monday morning after receiving threatening emails. The email mentioned, “There are explosives in the school.” After the news spread, panicked parents rushed to the school to pick up their children. Until around 12 noon, schools in different parts of the city saw parents reaching out to bring their children back to safety.
Police teams, Rapid Action Force and military experts conducted thorough search operations at the school throughout the day. The school administration remains calm in this situation and ensures timely updates are sent to parents. The school provides transportation services to get all students home as early as possible. Students who did not use school transportation were taken home by their families. Teachers and other school staff left the school only after a thorough evacuation and search had been completed.
Jaipur International Airport was one of the few airports in the country to receive threatening emails on Sunday afternoon. The email led to an intensive search operation at the airport. Officials said the threat was sent through an email sent to the CISF official ID on Sunday afternoon.
The city’s airport received five bomb threat emails on May 12 this year, April 26, April 29, February 16 and December 27 last year. On two previous occasions, the email was sent to the airport’s official customer service ID. In each of these cases, searches yielded no suspicious items.On Monday, prayer services were held across the city to remember the victims of the incident Continuous explosion May 13, 2008.
Just a day ago, Jaipur International Airport also received a threatening email. Sunday’s threat was the fifth the airport has received in five months. To everyone’s relief, a closer search of the school revealed that the threat was a hoax, just like the threats against the airport.
School authorities were busy calling police hotlines on Monday morning after receiving threatening emails. The email mentioned, “There are explosives in the school.” After the news spread, panicked parents rushed to the school to pick up their children. Until around 12 noon, schools in different parts of the city saw parents reaching out to bring their children back to safety.
Police teams, Rapid Action Force and military experts conducted thorough search operations at the school throughout the day. The school administration remains calm in this situation and ensures timely updates are sent to parents. The school provides transportation services to get all students home as early as possible. Students who did not use school transportation were taken home by their families. Teachers and other school staff left the school only after a thorough evacuation and search had been completed.
Jaipur International Airport was one of the few airports in the country to receive threatening emails on Sunday afternoon. The email led to an intensive search operation at the airport. Officials said the threat was sent through an email sent to the CISF official ID on Sunday afternoon.
The city’s airport received five bomb threat emails on May 12 this year, April 26, April 29, February 16 and December 27 last year. On two previous occasions, the email was sent to the airport’s official customer service ID. In each of these cases, searches yielded no suspicious items.On Monday, prayer services were held across the city to remember the victims of the incident Continuous explosion May 13, 2008.
