172 Girls to Leave Hostel in Greater Noida After Men Intrude At Night

Amid security concerns, 172 out of 187 students have returned home after a group of men intruded on the Kumari Mayawati Government Girls Polytechnic College hostel in Greater Noida and knocked on doors at night. This incident sparked a protest by students on Monday.

According to reports, the intruders have been barging into the College campus for weeks. This was the first time they entered the women's hostel. According to the girls, the men were between the ages of 25 and 40 and were knocking on their doors and peeping through the windows.

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“All of us were afraid as we found it was a group of men, mostly aged between 25 and 40, peeping through windows. Even when we shouted and called for help, there was no one to hear us.”, said a first-year student from Gorakhpur who returned home on Monday. The 15 students who have stayed back decided to move into a common room and take turns guard at night. They have also refrained from using the restroom at night for fear of getting spied on.

The students have taken this step after the management failed to provide them with the necessary security. The college started in 2002 and had a position for four security guards, but the number did not increase over the years. Now that the campus has expanded, if one of them takes a leave, guarding the campus becomes very difficult.

The campus needs to be equipped with 16 CCTV Cameras, but only 10 have been installed, and six are operational. The management addressed the issues raised by the students and asked for the college professors to act as wardens at night, but they refused to work a 24-hour shift. There have been no  FIRs reported yet, but the police have decided to increase their patrol around the college.