India, June 26 -- Rahul International School in Nalasopara West received a bomb threat mail in the early hours on Wednesday. The mail was seen later in the morning when the students, teachers and staff had already arrived. The school was evacuated and upon examination of the premises, the police declared that the mail was a hoax bomb threat.

According to the police, the principal received the threat mail on his official email ID at 4:26 am, stating that detonators had been planted in the school premises and that they would explode at 2:00 pm. The mail was seen by the principal later in the morning when the school had already resumed its daily activities.

The school administration informed the Nalasopara police about the threat mail and ...