Parents on edge, say threats mentally taxing on students

A fresh wave of bomb hoax threats targeting Delhi schools has triggered panic among parents and disrupted learning for hundreds of students. On Friday alone, 50 private schools received such threats—the third consecutive day of false alarms—with several being repeat targets, police said.

- Varun Bhandari

Sunil Balyan, whose child studies in Class 7 at St Thomas School in Dwarka, said he was at work when he heard about yet another bomb threat at the school and rushed to pick up his child. “This is the third threat this week. Exams had to be postponed. The whole thing is mentally taxing for both students and parents. It's become a daily nuisance,” he said.

Karan Aggrawal, parent of a Class 1 student at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodhi Estate, added, “When her school got a bomb threat, we told her she was going on a picnic. We can’t talk to a six-year-old about bombs.”