Unidentified miscreants late on Friday night broke open the Geography Department of the Utkal University campus here and decamped with computer processor, laptops and other electronic appliances.
The incident came to light when the department peon on Saturday morning went to open the classrooms.He found the room of the Head of the Department (HOD) and professors broken and informed the university authorities.Four chambers of professors were ransacked in search of important documents after breaking the locks while commuter processor, chip, laptops and other electronic appliances in the HOD were stolen.
“Miscreants ransacked four chambers of professors of the department in search of valuables. Computer chip, laptop and electronic goods are missing. It is suspected that miscreants from nearby slum might have executed the burglary,” said Geography HOD Dr Krushan Chandra Rath.