On December 1, a fake bomb threat message was sent to schools in Bangalore. This shocked the entire state capital Bangalore. The school children, parents, and school administration staff were worried for some time due to the threatening message. As of now, 48 FIRs have been registered in the police stations in the city in connection with the case.
As usual, the schoolchildren went to school dressed in uniform on Saturday. Many schools in the city have received bomb threats via e-mail when parents leave their children at school and return home.
The school management councils, who were horrified to see this, announced a school holiday and called the parents to take their children home. For a moment, the children were not aware of what was happening and looked anxious. For some time there was a tense atmosphere in front of the school premises.
In the capital Bangalore, bomb threat calls are often received at the railway station, airport, bus station, and some schools. However, on Saturday, a bomb threat message was sent to 48 schools in Bengaluru simultaneously through email.
Earlier, 15 schools received threatening messages through email. Later, when the other governing bodies in the city checked their respective schools’ emails, they also found out that they had received the threatening message. As many as 48 schools received threatening messages.
7 schools in Bannerghatta, 4 schools in Hebbagodi, 5 schools in Sarjapur, and 2 schools in Jigani received threatening messages.
Threat messages were sent to 15 schools in South Zone 1, 3 in South Zone 2, 10 in Zone 3, and 4 in Zone 4 of Bangalore. A total of 7 schools in North Zones and 5 schools in Anekal Taluk received similar email messages.
The state government took it seriously. Immediately bomb disposal personnel rushed to the spot and started checking. Children were sent home from school.
“Preliminary investigation has revealed that it is a fake bomb call. Parents should not be afraid,” said city police commissioner B. Dayanand said.
The accused sent messages through e-mail using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to make the bomb threat. Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had created a fake ID to carry out this act.
Message sent via email using VPN. It is learned that the authorities have written a letter to a company called Sirtus to provide information about which region and from which computer and network the email was sent.
