A private school on Wednesday received a hoax call about a bomb on its premises causing concern among the school faculty, who immediately informed the police.

A police officer said, “Delhi Public School received a hoax call about a bomb on its school premises. A police team, along with a bomb disposal squad, immediately reached the school and launched searches.”

In a post on ‘X’, Jammu police said it conducted extensive search and sanitised the area, however, the threat turned out to be hoax. A case was registered.