Bomb hoax in two state schools

MUMBAI: Police on Wednesday searched two schools, one in the city and another in Thane district, after reports that bombs had been planted in them but these turned out to be hoax.

The principal of St Joseph School in suburban Juhu received an anonymous call that a bomb had been planted in the premises. He immediately alerted police, which swung into action with a bomb squad but no suspicious object was found, officials said.

In another incident, unclaimed baggage was found in the premises of St Zavier's Achool at Mira Road in Thane. The bomb squad took away the bag but nothing was found in it, police said. It was not known who had left the bag in the school.

Since the July 11 bomb blasts in commuter trains here, city police have been receiving such calls but all of them have turned out to be hoax.