15-Year-Old Boy Detained Day After Bomb Threat Mails To 4 Noida Schools

An FIR was filed into 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.

Representational Image | A 15-year-old boy in Noida was arrested for sending fake bomb threats to four schools in an attempt to avoid going to school.

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A 15-year-old student of Class 9 was detained after he sent hoax bomb threats emails to four schools in Noida, police stated on Thursday. He employed VPN services to mask his IP address and location in an attempt to avoid going to school. The young student was apprehended and brought before the Juvenile Court, police confirmed.

"Four schools of Noida -- Step By Step, The Heritage School, Gyanshree, and Mayoor School -- got an email of a 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 news agency 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.

Student Uses VPN Technology To Hide His Location: Police

Police added that an FIR was filed 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. Following the investigation by the cyber team and the surveillance team, it was found that a student of Class 9 was behind sending hoax emails to all schools.

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.

He further said that the student, a resident of the Sarita Vihar in Delhi, has been taken into custody and was presented before the Juvenile Court.