Several private schools in Ahmedabad received bomb threat emails on Tuesday morning, prompting evacuations and security checks across the city before officials declared the threats a hoax.

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The emails were sent to institutions including Anand Niketan, Narayan Guru School in Satellite, Mount Carmel High School and St Kabir School in Navrangpura, and claimed explosive devices would be detonated on the premises by the afternoon, officials said. Narayan Guru School in Satellite and Podar International School in Chandkheda were among the campuses evacuated, and parents arrived to take their children home.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 7) Shivam Verma said teams from the police, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad and the dog squad conducted a thorough search and nothing suspicious was found. The Crime Branch also joined the checks at the school premises.

Ahmedabad Mayor Hitesh Barot's office also received a bomb threat email on Tuesday afternoon. Inspector P.H. Bhati of Karanj police station said the threat mail targeting the mayor's office was sent to an advocate's email ID, and the premises were combed and evacuated as a precaution. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 2) Bharatkumar Rathod said the mail was a hoax and nothing suspicious was found during the checks at the office. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation headquarters at Danapith was also evacuated and searched, according to local reports.

According to a screenshot of the email cited in reports, the sender claimed association with a group calling itself the "Khalistan National Army". Police have not independently confirmed the sender's identity. The Cyber Crime Branch has begun a technical investigation to trace the origin of the emails and the IP addresses used, and police appealed to parents and citizens to remain calm and not spread unverified information.