Panjab College (PU) authorities have lodged a police grievance after a whole lot of water faucets, one water cooler, 22 doorways and home windows and a few heavy electrical wires, estimated to be value lakhs, have been allegedly stolen from the college’s Ladies Hostel Quantity 11 in Sector 25, Chandigarh.
In line with PU officers, the water faucets, water cooler, home windows and doorways have been stolen from the primary and second ground of the hostel constructing. Sources stated the thieves allegedly entered the hostel constructing after smashing open the panes on doorways and home windows. As per officers of the varsity, hostel quantity 11 is newly constructed and was solely just lately handed over to the college by the contractor.
A PU official stated, “The theft got here to mild two days in the past when workers of the civil engineering wing of the college went contained in the constructing to examine the infrastructure. A whole bunch of faucets have been discovered lacking from the hostel rooms, washrooms, and kitchens. Additional inspection revealed {that a} water cooler was additionally lacking. Many doorways and home windows have been discovered damaged. There aren’t any CCTV cameras on this a part of the college.”
PU’s safety in-charge, Vikram Singh, stated, “Now we have lodged a grievance with the native police. A staff of police personnel from the world police put up visited and has inspected the hostel. The hostel is empty in the intervening time.”
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Station Home Officer (SHO), Sector 11 police station, Inspector Jasbir Singh, stated, “We’ll probe the matter.”