The hoax bomb threats despatched to 13 faculties in Gurugram by way of emails on Wednesday have been despatched citing Haryana’s water disaster and Khalistan referendum, mentioned police on Thursday.
Investigators mentioned that the identical e mail was used additionally to ship the hoax threats to a faculty in Karnal and Chandigarh on Wednesday. Officers mentioned {that a} comparable e mail to explode the Punjab Secretariat in Chandigarh was despatched on Thursday which additionally turned out to be a hoax after thorough checking.
Law enforcement officials mentioned that the one that had despatched the emails from the USA to Gurugram faculties appears to be properly versed with the water sharing dispute between Haryana and Punjab.
The suspect had written the e-mail addressing Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini stating that if Haryana wants water, then it ought to assist Khalistan referendum, mentioned police, including that the identical (referendum) matter was additionally talked about in Thursday’s hoax e mail despatched to the Punjab Secretariat.
Law enforcement officials mentioned that there’s a sturdy chance that the sender may be a miscreant or a Khalistani sympathiser who had migrated to the USA from India and despatched the hoax mails to the colleges to harass everybody.
A senior police officer mentioned that they’d sought assist from Google which had supplied the preliminary particulars that the e-mail used to ship threats to the 13 faculties on Wednesday was created in a US metropolis in 2025.
“We’re in contact with the central companies to trace down the suspect. An FIR for cyber terrorism was registered on the Cybercrime police station (east) on Wednesday,” he mentioned.
Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, mentioned that Google has been served with a discover to offer all particulars together with IP deal with, contact quantity used for creating the Gmail deal with and site from the place it was accessed.
“As soon as the reply for the discover is acquired, additional growth within the investigation will happen,” he added.
