Networking hardware worth ₹25 lakh stolen from SGPGIMS building

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) has reported a theft of its networking hardware worth ₹25 lakh. The theft of network switches occurred at a newly-operational emergency building where server set-up was completed recently.

According to the police complaint lodged last Friday, the theft came to the university’s notice on December 18 and a complaint was lodged five days later. The complainant said there might have been a break-in at the server room.

“The complainant raised suspicion on two workers—Harsh and Aakash—involved in the server set-up work. He said the value of the network switches was known only to those with knowledge of server networking, and only the two were aware of it.