Gurdaspur, Jan. 24 -- As many as six schools of Gurdaspur town and surrounding areas got bomb threat e-mails from unknown persons on Friday, triggering panic among people and putting the police on their toes days before Republic Day.

Acting swiftly, the district administration ordered the closure of these schools. The threat e-mails stated that unfurling of the Tricolour will not be allowed in these schools on Republic Day.

Gurdaspur SSP Aditya visited the schools to take stock of the situation and supervised the anti-sabotage operation. Nothing suspicious was recovered from the premises.

On January 15, an e-mail threatening to blow up the district administration complex was received by authorities. The SSP said security had been beefe...