Laptops, cash at stolen from Government Girls Higher Secondary school in Katpadi
Burglars stole seven laptops and ₹65,000 in cash from the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Katpadi. The theft was discovered when teachers went to retrieve the laptops for computer science classes. Police are investigating the incident using fingerprint analysis and CCTV footage.
- ▪Seven government laptops and ₹65,000 cash were stolen from the school.
- ▪The laptops were meant for teaching purposes and were kept in the headmistress's cupboard.
- ▪Police are analyzing CCTV footage and using fingerprint experts to investigate the theft.
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Burglars decamped with seven government laptops meant for teaching purposes and ₹65,000 cash from the Government Girls Higher Secondary School at Katpadi in Vellore on Friday.Police said that as per routine, laptops were taken from the cupboard from the headmistress room in the school for computer science students before the laptops were kept in the cupboard again.Initial inquiry revealed that when the teachers went to take laptops from the cupboard on Friday, they found seven laptops were missing. Headmistress K. Sarla found that cash in the cupboard was also missing. The school, which has around 1,200 students, has a total of 16 laptops for teaching purposes.Based on an alert, Katpadi police inspected the spot with the help of fingerprint experts and sniffer dogs..
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