India, March 11 -- Unidentified individuals sent hoax bomb threats via email to at least a dozen private schools in Gurugram on Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to evacuate the premises and suspend classes, police said.

Officers added several prominent schools, including those on Golf Course Road, Sector-14 and other locations, received the emails between 7am and 9am. Following the threats, schools evacuated students and began sanitisation of the premises as part of standard operating procedures.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said police teams along with bomb detection and disposal squads were deployed to check the campuses. "No suspicious item was found anywhere and the threat emails were turned out ...