Bomb threat emails keep hitting schools: Delhi NCR’s hoax wave and how it spread in 2025

Delhi NCR has emerged as the epicentre of a nationwide wave of bomb threat hoaxes targeting schools and colleges through 2025 and early 2026. Hundreds of institutions were forced to evacuate following anonymous email threats, triggering large-scale police and emergency responses. While investigations across states consistently found no explosives, the alerts spread beyond the capital to cities such as Bengaluru, Mumbai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad, revealing coordinated patterns and significant operational strain on authorities.