School in South Delhi evacuated after bomb threat, nothing suspicious found yet
New Delhi (PTI): A school in South Delhi's Pushp Vihar received a bomb threat via e-mail on Tuesday morning following which a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot as panic-stricken parents flocked the school to get their children home, officials said.
According to a senior police officer, Amrita School was evacuated immediately after the threat was received and its buildings were checked but nothing suspicious was found.
Chandan Choudhary, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), said, "An email was received today (Tuesday) morning at 6.33 am at Amrita School, Saket, regarding a bomb threat. A thorough checking of the school has been done through Bomb Disposal Team but nothing was found."
A teacher of the school said all students were safely evacuated and sent home with their parents.
"I was conducting the morning assembly in class around 8 am when the teachers were informed to stop all activities and safely lead the students out of the school building," she said.
Parents rushed to the school after receiving a message on the school WhatsApp group to receive their children as soon as possible.
The parent of a UKG student said that she received a message on the WhatsApp group around 8.30 am.
"We were not told about any bomb threat... It was only after reaching the school that I came to know about it. My child is safe. But the question is who is sending such emails? Fortunately, nothing was found but what is the guarantee that our children will be safe?"
She said her elder daughter studies in The Indian School, also in South Delhi, which has received bomb threats at least twice. "It has been days since the threats, still they don't know who was behind it," she said.
Recently, there has been a spurt of bomb threat incidents in Delhi schools.
On May 12, the Delhi Public School in Mathura Road received an email about a bomb being planted on the premises that later turned out to be a hoax. It was the second time in less than a month that the school had received such a bomb threat.
The school had on April 26 received another bomb threat over email, which also had turned out to be a hoax.
The Indian School received two bomb threats and the latest was on April 12 via an email. A similar threat was also received by the same school over phone in November 2022, which too was later found to be a hoax.
Visuals from outside Amrita Senior Secondary School in South Delhi's Pushp Vihar, which received a bomb threat via e-mail following which police were informed and the school evacuated earlier today. pic.twitter.com/kVT6gR0Ddm
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Odisha: Normalcy returns to violence-hit Malkangiri; internet services fully restored
Malkangiri (PTI): Normalcy returned to Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes in a village, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said.
Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district on December 8 to curb the spread of rumours and misinformation following the clashes, were restored after the situation improved.
The suspension had been extended in phases till 12 noon on Monday.
The administration also withdrew prohibitory orders imposed under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita within a 10-km radius of MV-26 village, where arson incidents were reported on December 7 and December 8.
Though the violence was confined to two villages, tension had gripped the entire district, as the incident took the form of a clash between local tribals and Bengali settlers following the recovery of a headless body of a woman on December 4, officials said.
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The violence broke out after residents of Rakhelguda village allegedly set ablaze several houses belonging to Bengali residents, forcing hundreds to flee. The headless body of Lake Podiami (51), a woman from the Koya tribe, was recovered from the banks of the Poteru river on December 4, while her head was found six days later at a location about 15 km away.
Officials said the district administration held several rounds of discussions with representatives of the tribal and Bengali communities, following which both sides agreed to maintain peace.
Relief and rehabilitation work has since been launched at MV-26 village, with preliminary assessment pegging property damage at around Rs 3.8 crore.
A two-member ministerial team headed by Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo visited the affected village, interacted with officials and locals, and submitted a report to the chief minister.
So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, the officials said, adding that despite the withdrawal of prohibitory orders and restoration of internet services, security forces, including BSF and CRPF personnel, continue to be deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
On Sunday, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi visited MV-26 and neighbouring Rakhelguda villages, and held discussions with members of both communities as part of efforts to rebuild confidence and restore peace.
More than two lakh Bengali-speaking Bangladeshis were rehabilitated by the Centre in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts in 1968, and they currently reside in 124 villages of Malkangiri.
