School In Mumbai's Jogeshwari-Oshiwara Gets Bomb Threat, Police Rush To Spot
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1/23/2025 5:01:07 AM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) Mumbai school bomb threat today: A school in the Jogeshwari-Oshiwara region of Mumbai received a bomb threat email on Thursday - prompting an immediate security response. The Mumbai Police said local law enforcement officials had rushed to the site along with members of the bomb detection squad. Officials are now conducting a thorough investigation of the premises.
The incident comes mere days after the Reserve bank of India received a bomb threat email targeting its Mumbai office. The missive - written in Russian - was sent to the official email address of RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra and indicated plans to blow up the bank.
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The email was sent to a school in the Jogeshwari-Oshiwara area of Mumbai on Thursday morning. According to reports, the email mentioned that the bomb was placed on the school campus by the "Afzal gang". A probe remains underway and it was not immediately clear whether this was a legitimate threat.
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Bomb threats have also become a recurring issue for schools in various parts of the country - with most cases turning out to be a hoax. Earlier this week, two matriculation higher secondary schools close to Erode in Tamil Nadu also received threat emails - claiming that bombs had been planted on the premises. Students were sent home for the day while the police and bomb disposal squad began a thorough search of the area. The threat was eventually declared a hoax after an hours-long search yielded no results.
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Meanwhile the Delhi Police has also cracked down on a series of hoax bomb threats sent to over 400 schools across the national capital - recently arresting a juvenile responsible for the menacing emails.
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