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The Delhi Police said that a teenager, who was detained for sending over 400 bomb hoax emails to schools, is linked to an NGO that has connections to a political party.
At least 40 Delhi schools had received bomb threat emails on December 9 last year. (PTI Image)
The Delhi Police on Tuesday revealed that a Class 12 student, who was recently apprehended for allegedly sending bomb threats to more than 400 city schools, is linked to an NGO that supports a political party. However, the police refused to identify the political party in question.
Notably, while addressing a press conference, a senior Delhi Police officer also informed that during the investigation, they also got to know that the NGO named in the matter had previously voiced its support for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
BJP Vs AAP On Bomb Hoax
Soon after the police hinted towards the NGO’s connection with a political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed AAP, saying “Atishi’s parents worked to save Afzal Guru.” Following BJP’s allegations, AAP hit back and said that the BJP was trying to politicise the matter.
“Atishi’s parents worked to save Afzal Guru. Did AAP or any NGO associated with them have any connection with this [hoax bomb threats]?” BJP leader Sushanshu Trivedi said.
Responding to BJP’s allegations, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, “I want to ask BJP when did they get inducted into the Delhi Police? You are trying to gain political advantage out of bomb threats to little children. Aren’t you ashamed?”
Student of Private School Involved
The Delhi police on Tuesday said that a student of a private school had sent emails to more than 400 schools. “We were tracking e-mails and because of a virtual private network (VPN), it was difficult to track the origins. We also had to ascertain whether there was a terror angle to it,” Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Oder) Madhup Tewari was quoted as saying.
He added that service providers were not able to help police because of the use of the VPN.
“Our teams tracked the minor after recent e-mails on January 8. As the e-mail sender was a juvenile, the team took his laptop and mobile phone for a forensic examination,” the officer said.
Police teams tracked 400 threat e-mails sent by the minor. They also checked the background of his father, who has been working with an NGO, and found out that the organisation is part of a civil society group that has been raising issues regarding the hanging of Afzal Guru and is also helping a political party.
Without naming the political party, the officer said the teams are further investigating the matter.
(With agency inputs)
