A bomb hoax in Chennai led to the shutting down of 11 schools on Tuesday.
The call was made by an unidentified man to a school in Kovalam area, a The Times of India report said.
According News Minute report, the hoax call was made regarding a specific school. But the panic spread to other schools through social media as parents arrived at the schools to evacuate their wards.
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Several parents rushed to pick up their children from schools as the news spread and chaos prevailed for some time in many schools. Due to this a holiday was declared.
After searching the premises of the schools, the police declared the call as being a hoax.
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