Noida, May 1 -- Much like the situation in the national capital, parents in Gautam Budh Nagar too were in a panic on Wednesday after they learned that several schools in Noida and Greater Noida also received a bomb threat email.

The alarm was raised early morning after authorities received an email stating that explosive devices have been kept on several school campuses. Acting swiftly, the school management and the police got all the school premises vacated, and bomb squads were dispatched to conduct a thorough search of the premises. When the searches turned up nothing, police declared the emails a hoax.

But as worried parents rushed to schools, emotions ran high, with many expressing concern and frustration over the safety of their c...