Noida, Feb. 7 -- A 14-year-old boy who was apprehended for allegedly sending hoax bomb threat emails to four private schools of Noida on Wednesday morning, allegedly because he wanted to skip school, told police that he got the idea from the recent bomb threat incidents in Delhi, said senior officers on Thursday, adding that the teenager extensively searched the content online before drafting the mails.

Police said the minor is a student of Class 9 in one of the schools that received the threat email.

On Wednesday, around 6.45am, police were alerted that four private schools - Step by Step, The Heritage, Gyanshree, and Mayoor School - had received bomb threat emails. After a thorough search of schools' premises by firefighters, bomb det...