India, Dec. 10 -- Panic, anger, anxiety, frustration - these were the prevailing emotions on Monday, as more than 40 schools across Delhi received yet another bomb threat by email.

The threat was declared a hoax by afternoon, but several parents were left worried about the frequency of such messages.

Arpita Saha (39), whose child is a Class 7 student at North-Ex Public School in Rohini, said after the institute informed her about the bomb threat, she went to pick up her kid, but was met with bedlam.

"Parents were panicking and everyone just wanted to find their ward. When something like this happens, people start behaving in a chaotic manner," she said, adding that it took her 15-20 minutes to find her ward.

"I was also constantly pho...