India, Dec. 11 -- A bomb threat suspected to be from Khalistani separatists from abroad was sent to Shri Ram Senior Secondary School in DLF phase-3 on Wednesday, said police. Gurugram police officers have dismissed the threat as a hoax after an investigation was launched.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon when the school received an email claiming to be from Khalisan sympathisers threatening to blast a bomb inside the school's premises at 12.05pm, according to officials privy to the matter.

A senior police officer at DLF Phase-III police station said bomb and dog squad teams, along with the local police, were immediately dispatched to the school after its administration reported the threat. "Upon reaching there, the school'...