Hostel warden strips students over theft suspicion

Two students of a nursing college here were allegedly harassed and stripped by the hostel warden over suspicion of theft, police said on Wednesday.
On Tuesday around 1 pm, a PCR call was received regarding an incident of alleged harassment and striping of nursing students at Ahilyabai College of Nursing of LNJP hospital, a senior police officer said. During inquiry, it was found that two BSC nursing final year students, residing in a college hostel, had, along with other students and the warden, gone for a community programme in the Mandi House area.
The warden found that Rs 8,000 was missing from her bag and she suspected these two students of theft, the officer said. It was alleged that the warden strip-searched them with the help of other students, but no money was found in their possession, he said.
After the incident, the parents of the students arrived at the hostel and filed a complaint with the college administration. They also filed a complaint at the IP Estate police station, alleging that the girls were stripped, police said.