A young teenage boy was caught by the police on Friday for allegedly sending an email to the Delhi Police headquarters claiming that a bomb had been placed in the Nangloi area of outer Delhi. The police conducted a comprehensive search of the area before identifying and detaining the sender, who was revealed to be a teenage boy. The police counseled the boy before releasing him to his parents’ custody.
The distance between the Delhi Police Headquarters on Jai Singh Road in central Delhi and Nangloi is approximately 18 kilometers. In a statement, the PHQ said, the sender is an immature child and therefore, in his interest and in compliance of the mandate of JJ Act, details of his identity cannot be shared.
The statement further clarified that the email was sent as a mischievous act and that the juvenile had been properly counseled before being handed over to his parents.
