It was revealed by the Delhi Police that the sender of the bomb threat that was received by one of the top schools in the capital, Delhi Public School (DPS), Mathura Road, was one of its own 16-year-old students.
The police have confirmed that it was a hoax email sent by the student who admitted to planning the prank "just for fun".
"During a counselling session, the student confessed to getting the idea after a similar incident occurred at The Indian School in Delhi's Sadiq Nagar," as per sources.
Last week on Wednesday, April 26, DPS, Mathura Road, had received a bomb threat via email, leading to the students being evacuated and a thorough search of the premises being conducted. But nothing suspicious was found, a senior police official said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Southeast, Rajesh Deo had said that on Wednesday around 7.50 am, the school principal called the SHO, Hazrat Nizamuddin police station, and told him that they received an email on their school's official email that a bomb has been planted in the school and will be detonated at 9 am.
The school, which has around 4,000 students, was evacuated but after a search by the teams, no bomb was found on the premises.
