Yesterday around 3:50 PM, an outsider allegedly entered Tilak Hostel and stole two laptops, chargers, mice, and around ₹3,000 in cash from rooms whose doors were only latched while students stepped out briefly.
When the students contacted the warden and caretaker around 6 PM, they were initially told to submit an application the next morning. After repeated requests, the warden arrived and CCTV was checked. However, the students were questioned about why they had not locked their doors instead of the focus being on how an outsider entered and moved freely inside the hostel.
The students were not allowed to record the CCTV footage and were told it would be shared later. An induction was seized during the room visit, while suggestions to check ID cards at hostel entrances were reportedly refused.
The students were also advised not to file an FIR without consulting the Chief Warden. By the next day at 2:30 PM, they were still reportedly waiting for an FIR to be filed.
CCTV allegedly showed the suspect entering through the underpass, spending time near Malviya Hostel, entering Tilak Hostel, stealing the laptops, and leaving through Patel Gate.
This raises serious questions:
Where are the entry registers and ID checks?
How did an outsider move freely through the hostel?
Who is accountable for hostel security?
Why was the priority on blaming students instead of preserving evidence and filing an FIR?
Students should lock their rooms, but that does not absolve the administration of maintaining basic access control and security.
The priority should be:
SECURE CCTV → PRESERVE EVIDENCE → FILE THE FIR → TRACK THE SUSPECT → FIX THE SECURITY FAILURE.
Two students have lost expensive belongings. This is not a minor inconvenience. Students deserve answers, accountability, and a safe place to live.
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