The Indiranagar Police Station received a threat email at around 2.45 AM, sent from a fake email address, claiming there was a bomb in the bathroom of Nasik Cambridge High School located on Vada Pathri Road
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A private school in Nashik received a bomb threat on Monday. Police and bomb squad found no suspicious objects, confirming the school is safe, Police Inspector Trupti Sonawane said, reported news agency ANI.
Speaking to ANI, the police official said that the school received a bomb threat via a fake email address.
She said, "The Indiranagar Police Station received a threat email at around 2.45 AM, sent from a fake email address, claiming there was a bomb in the bathroom of Nasik Cambridge High School located on Vada Pathri Road. Upon being informed by the school administration, the police called the bomb squad and conducted a thorough check following standard operating procedures," reported ANI.
Inspector Sonawane added that the police are trying to trace the email address.
"No suspicious objects were found, confirming the school is safe. The investigation is ongoing, with the cyber police station assisting in tracing the fake email address," the police official said, reported ANI.
Further details are awaited.
In a similar incident, the Bombay High Court had received a hoax bomb threat on September 12.
Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against an unidentified person over the fake bomb threat email.
The police have registered an FIR at Azad Maidan Police Station under section 353(1), 353(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which aims to address acts of public mischief by criminalising the publication of false information or alarming news through electronic means, or intends to create feelings of ill-will between different groups, or pushes soldiers of the Army, Navy, or Air Force to disregard their duty, reported ANI.
Following the threat, lawyers and other staff members vacated the court premises.
Responding to this, Advocate Mangala Waghe told ANI, "Bombay High Court received a bomb threat today. So, the court has been vacated. Police are investigating it."
According to the authorities, an investigation was initiated over this matter.
Meanwhile, Mumbai police have registered a case against unidentified persons in connection with the bomb threat email sent to the Bombay High Court, an official said on Saturday.
A case has been registered at Azad Maidan police station under section 353 (1) (whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement, false information, rumour, or report, including through electronic means) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.
He said that the police were trying to trace the sender's IP address and location.
The High Court administration received a bomb threat email on Friday afternoon, which led to the suspension of hearings for nearly two hours.
However, it turned out to be a hoax as nothing suspicious was found on the premises.
(With inputs from ANI)
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