Delhi High Court asks for response from Delhi Police on fake bomb threats in schools

The Delhi High Court today sought a status report from Delhi Police in a petition related to hoax bomb emails in Delhi Public Schools and other schools.
The High Court has also directed to file an action plan for dealing with such incidents. Justice Prathiba M Singh issued notice to Delhi police and Delhi Government on the petition of Advocate Arpit Bhargav.
Advocate Beenashaw Nanda Soni appeared for the petitioner. Petitioner’s child studies at Delhi Public School. She submitted that such incidents cause extreme trauma and stress to the parents.
The bench has called for a status report from Delhi police in a petition related to hoax emails related to Bombs.
The high court has also sought a complete action plan to deal with th issue in six weeks.
The bench, at the suggestion of Delhi Governmen’s counsel, has also impleaded Action Committee of unaided schools and another organisation representing schools.
The high court has directed the petitioner to file an amended memo of the parties in one week.
The matter has been listed on July 31 for further hearing.
The petitioner said he is aggrieved by the inactions and lackadaisical approach of the Delhi Government and Delhi Police in dealing with frequent bomb threat emails received in schools in Delhi and the consequent failure of authorities to ensure the safety and security of children,
teachers, staff and the other stakeholders in schools in Delhi and to avoid its recurrence leading to extreme trauma, stress, harassment, inconvenience and fear in the mind of all including the Petitioner whose child is studying in DPS Mathura Road where one such incident took place recently on April 26, 2023.
Petitioner has sought formulation of a detailed action plan and implementation of the same by the Government and Police as there is no action plan that the Petitioner could see anywhere in relation to such incidents which can cause havoc in anyone’s family and can have a large impact.