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At slightest 28 schools successful Ahmedabad and Vadodara successful Gujarat received weaponry menace emails connected Monday (February 16, 2026), pursuing which the campuses were evacuated, officials said.
Search operations were instantly undertaken, they said, adding that thing suspicious has been recovered truthful far.
More than 15 schools successful Ahmedabad received weaponry menace emails, District Education Officer Rohit Chaudhary said.
“All the schools were instructed to instantly pass the adjacent constabulary stations and travel information protocol,” helium told reporters.
Vadodara Police Commissioner Narasimha Komar said arsenic galore arsenic 13 schools successful antithetic localities of the metropolis received weaponry menace emails.
The managements of these schools informed the constabulary power room. Subsequently, the section police, Special Operations Group (SOG), Crime Branch and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS) unit carried retired a sanitisation workout and evacuation of students and teachers, helium said.
“Sanitisation workout of 9 schools has been completed, and the process is underway for the remaining schools. A lawsuit has been registered by the cybercrime police. A elaborate probe volition beryllium carried retired to find retired the root of the emails and the sender’s identity, and to thwart their attempt, “ Mr. Komar said.
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Prima facie, specified emails are mischievous, but the constabulary volition probe them with each seriousness, helium added.
Vadodara’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Verma said thing suspicious was recovered truthful far, and students from the affected schools were sent backmost home.
The institutions that were targeted see DAV International School, Asia School, Ankur International School, Sant Kabir School successful Ahmedabad, and D.R. Amin School, Urmi School, Baroda High School, and Don Bosco successful Vadodara, according to police.
On January 23, respective schools successful Ahmedabad received akin emails of weaponry threats, which aboriginal turned retired to beryllium a hoax.
