Bomb Threat To Mohali Schools; Police Swing Into Action, 16 Schools Evacuated

Feb11,2026 | Gurvinder Singh | Sas Nagar (mohali)

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Mohali Police swung into action immediately after receiving bomb threat emails sent to around 16 schools in Mohali city and one each in Zirakpur and Kharar on Wednesday morning.

Divulging details outside Learning Paths School, Sector 67, SSP Harmandeep Singh Hans said the threatening emails were received by private schools between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. Acting swiftly on the information, police teams led by SPs, DSPs and SHOs rushed to the schools along with Anti-Sabotage Teams and Bomb Disposal Squads.

He said the checking of all schools was completed within about two and a half hours with the support of additional force and specialised teams from neighbouring districts and Chandigarh headquarters.

All schools were evacuated and closed for students and staff well before the search operations began. “With the grace of God, no explosive material was found at any of the locations,” SSP Hans added.

The search operations were supervised by SP City Dilpreet Singh along with SPs Navneet Singh Mahal, Mohit Aggarwal, Sukhnaz Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Talwinder Singh Gill; DSP City-1 Prithvi Singh Chahal, DSP City-2 Harsimran Singh Bal and all SHOs.

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