Chandigarh, February 11 Sixteen private schools in Mohali, Punjab, received bomb threat emails on Wednesday, leading to evacuations and prompting detailed anti-sabotage checks by police, an official said.
School authorities sent messages to parents, declaring a holiday.
Manav Mangal School, Shivalik Public School, and Learning Paths School were among the schools that received the bomb threat emails.
Students on their way to school were sent home.
Following the alerts issued by the schools, the police conducted thorough searches of the educational institutions. Security has been increased at the targeted schools, they said.
"Sixteen schools have received bomb threat emails," Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Harmandeep Singh Hans told reporters.
"We have requested additional anti-sabotage teams from Fatehgarh Sahib and Rupnagar districts to check the schools," he added.
Hans said around 300 policemen were involved in the search operation, and all targeted schools were evacuated.
An investigation into the source of the emails is ongoing, the official added.
This latest incident follows similar hoax threats in schools in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, and Haryana. All of these threats were found to be false.
