Ferozepur, July 30 -- Panic gripped Abohar town on Wednesday morning after several prominent private schools received threatening emails warning of bomb attacks, forcing authorities to evacuate students and staff, suspend classes and launch extensive security checks across the affected educational institutions.

Among the schools that reportedly received the threatening emails were Assumption Convent School, DAV School and Modern Malwa School in Burj Muhar village. The emails allegedly warned that bombs had been planted on the campuses and mentioned 1.30pm as the time of the purported attack.

Following the alerts, school administrations immediately informed the police and district authorities. As a precautionary measure, campuses were ev...