Bomb squad at a school that received the bomb scare email
1, Dudheshwar.
After local authorities completed the security checks, the second shift resumed as scheduled, the sources said. Piyush Patel, whose child studies at Zydus School of Excellence, said parents received a message from the school around 11am. “There was no bomb,” Patel said, adding that heavy traffic and confusion prevailed outside the school as parents rushed to pick up their children.
The schools that received the emails were: Delhi Public School, Bopal; New Tulip School, Bopal; Sant Kabir School, Navrangpura; SGVP School, Chharodi; Zydus School, Vejalpur; Mahatma Gandhi International School; Anand Niketan School, Satellite; Udgam School, Thaltej; Army Public School, Shahibaug; and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. District education officer (DEO), Ahmedabad City West, informed the district collector about the emails in a letter dated Thursday after which a safety advisory was issued to schools. Schools were also instructed to inform staff and students to not touch any suspicious object, bag, packet or box and to immediately inform police if they found any. The authorities advised school managements not to spread unverified information and asked them to communicate with parents through official channels. Schools were further directed to keep contact details of students, teachers and staff readily available, and make arrangements to send students home safely, with younger children handed over only to parents or authorised persons.
At Udgam school, the morning shift was terminated midway on Thursday.