Delhi University's Ram Lal Anand College receives bomb threat message; police say searches under way

Police, ambulance, Bomb Disposal Squads (BDS), and Bomb Disposal Teams (BDT) had rushed to the college.

New Delhi: Panic gripped the Ram Lal Anand College of the Delhi University after a staff member received a bomb threat message on his mobile phone on Thursday morning, police said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Rohit Meena said the staff received a message on WhatsApp at 9:34 am.

Subsequently, police, along with an ambulance, the Bomb Detection Team and the Bomb Disposal Squad, rushed to the college and evacuated the students and staff, he said.

"Search and checking is being carried out. So far, nothing suspicious has been found," the officer said.