It asked Delhi Police and schools to have close coordination for an effective response mechanism so that misinformation does not create any unnecessary panic.
On May 1, over 200 schools in Delhi-NCR received identical threatening emails alleging the placement of explosives on their premises, leading to extensive evacuations and searches while anxious parents hurried to retrieve their children
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry has called the bomb threat email that led to early shutdown of nearly 100 students in Delhi and Noida "hoax", media reports said.