Student taken into custody for sending hoax bomb threat mails to 4 Noida schools
Noida, Feb 6 (PTI): A 15-year-old student of Class 9 was taken into custody for sending fake emails of bomb threat to four schools in Noida, police said on Thursday.
He used Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology to hide his location and IP address so that he does not have to attend the school, they said.
The student was taken into custody and presented before the Juvenile Court, police said.
"Four schools of Noida -- Step By Step, The Heritage School, Gyanshree and Mayoor School -- got an email of bomb threat at about 12:30 am on Wednesday. After that on Wednesday, the school administration checked the email and informed police about the bomb threat," Noida Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ram Badan Singh told PTI.
"After that police team, fire brigade, bomb squad, dog squad and BDS team rushed to the schools and checked school premises. The schools were also evacuated for the safety purpose and there was not any suspicious thing found in any school and all places were normal. The email of the bomb threat was fake and after checking the classes resumed in the schools," he said.
An FIR was registered in this case on behalf of one of the schools at Sector 126 police Station under 212, 351(4), 352 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and 67 D of the IT Act, police said.
It was found after investigation by the surveillance team and cyber team that a student of Class 9 was behind sending fake email to all schools, they said.
The DCP said "the student informed the police that he used VPN technology to hide his location and IP address and then sent emails to all schools".
"He also took help from the internet, read previous news related to the fake email bomb threats and social media before sending emails to the schools," Singh said.
The student, a resident of Delhi's Sarita Vihar, has been taken into custody and was presented before the Juvenile Court, he added.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
