Seven schools, including two run by the government, received bomb threat emails which were found to be a ‘hoax’, officials Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur said on May 15.
"Most schools reported the threat emails to police on Tuesday after it came to their knowledge, as the schools were closed on Sunday and Monday," Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chandra said.
Five private schools and two government schools have received bomb threats through an email in the last 72 hours, he said.