India, May 1 -- Wednesday morning turned into a nightmare for several parents in the Capital after 100 private schools across Delhi-NCR received bomb threats via email.

Some schools reportedly received threatening emails as early as 4am; others were quickly evacuated, with Delhi Police arriving at the scene soon after. Although a police statement later confirmed that it was a hoax, but parents found themselves in an anxious rush as they raced to pick up their children.

Banker Ananya Bhattacharya, whose four-year-old daughter studies at DPS Dwarka, which was the first one to purportedly receive the threat, says, "The school sent us a message around 6.18am saying that it would remain closed due to unavoidable circumstances. However, some ...