Two Delhi Hospitals Receive Bomb Threats through Email

Burari Government Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri received bomb threats in emails, ANI reported.

According to a statement by the Delhi Fire Service, search operations are underway. "An email was received at Burari Hospital regarding a bomb threat. Local police, and Bomb Disposal Teams (BDT) are at the hospital. Nothing suspicious has been found yet," according to a statement by Delhi Police.

Earlier, in a bomb scare of unprecedented scale, over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat e-mail on Wednesday claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children. "Nothing objectionable" was found during searches by authorities which later declared it a hoax.

Officials said the initial probe suspected a "deeper conspiracy" by a terror group during the Lok Sabha elections, adding that there is suspicion that the threat mail was sent by a Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) module.

The Delhi Police's anti-terror unit special cell has traced the domain of e-mails to Russia and it is suspected to have been formed with the help of the dark web -- an encrypted online content that allows individuals to hide their identity and location from others.

The National Investigation Agency may also take up the probe since the role of a terror group is suspected and the "conspiracy" angle may lead to a pan-India investigation, an official said.

Law enforcement authorities went into a tizzy as police and fire services started receiving a flurry of calls from schools at 6 am on Wednesday.

Delhi Public School (Mathura Road), DPS (Saket), Sanskriti School, Amity School (Saket), DAV (Model Town), DPS (Dwarka) and St. Mary School (Mayur Vihar) were among the education institutions that received the threat email on Wednesday.

A senior Noida Police official told PTI that the e-mail threat was received in seven schools in the satellite city.