Two Laptops Stolen from NIT Delhi Hostel During Exam Hours
07-05-2026, Thursday ,10:00am to 12:00pm two laptops were stolen from our hostel room inside the National Institute of Technology Delhi campus, and we are trying every possible way to recover them.
Our room door lock had already been broken for months, and we had previously submitted a complaint to the hostel management regarding the security issue. Unfortunately, no action was taken.
Yesterday morning, we left our room around 10:00 AM to attend our exams and returned around 12:00 PM, only to find both laptops missing. We later found out that another student from the room above us had also reported a missing laptop.
Several students said they saw a tall dark-skinned man wearing a cap roaming around the hostel corridors. According to them, if someone was inside the room, he would pretend to ask questions like:
“Where is this room?”
“Do you know this guy?”
and then leave casually.
But if nobody was inside, he reportedly entered the room and stole laptops.
The worst part is:
- There are NO CCTV cameras covering important hostel areas.
- The hostel has multiple open entry points with very weak security.
- Earlier complaints about broken locks and safety issues were ignored.
The stolen laptops are:
ASUS ROG Strix G16 — Intel i9, RTX 4060
Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 Ultra Slim
If anyone knows how laptops can be tracked, blocked, traced through service centers, resale markets, IP logs, or any other recovery methods, please help us with suggestions.
We are also requesting the institute administration to take this issue seriously because this is a major security failure inside the campus hostel itself.