New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Delhi Police have apprehended a girl student in connection with a false bomb threat sent to a school in New Delhi, with investigators revealing that the hoax was orchestrated simply to secure a day off from classes.

Delhi Police said it has traced a bomb-threat email sent to a School in New Delhi and apprehended a girl student of the same school in connection with the incident, police said on Saturday. The school received a threatening email with the subject line Bombs Placed in Your Building on October 23.

Following the incident, PS Cyber, South, launched a technical investigation to identify the sender.

According to police, the investigation revealed that the alleged sender was a girl student of the school. She ...