India, Dec. 4 -- Two Delhi University (DU) colleges received emails on Wednesday, warning them of bomb threats, triggering massive security checks, evacuations and panic among students before the alerts were declared a hoax.
Ramjas College in the northern part of the national Capital and Deshbandhu College in the south received threats, prompting immediate mobilisation of Delhi Police, bomb disposal team, dog squad and other agencies.
Police cordoned off both campuses, and anti-sabotage checks continued for several hours, a senior police officer said, adding that no suspicious object was found.
Officials said the threats were sent with the subject line: "3 RDX IEDs placed in Deshbandhu and Ramjas College to blast at 1:15 pm."
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