Delhi Police on Tuesday informed that the a school in Delhi's Greater Kailash received an email threatening to blow up the school with a bomb.
The mail was received by the Summer Fields School around midnight which said that a bomb was planted in the school on Thursday.
The school alerted the police as soon as the email was received this morning.
A police officer said that a bomb detection team thoroughly checked the area and found nothing suspicious. A dog squad was also brought in for the search.
The officer confirmed that the threat was a hoax and that further investigation is ongoing.
Principal of Summer Fields School, Shalini Agarwal spoke on the matter, "We received an email late at night which was checked early morning today. As per the SOP, we evacuated the students within 10 minutes of receiving the email. We informed the police and district administration, and we are thankful to the police - they supported us magnificently as they came immediately. There are hardly any students here, we are just waiting for a few parents to come and collect their wards. Police and bomb squad are here and they are checking the premises...There was absolutely no panic amongst the parents."
