Mangalore: Ladies Hostel Break-in Gives Rise to Uncomfortable Questions
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Jul 15: The entry and subsequent arrest of a boy in a ladies hostel in Shivbagh has become a raging issue, raising questions about the couple, the security in hostels and even the values inculcated by parents in their children.
Naveed Sheikh was caught with a girl in a ladies hostel on the night of Saturday July 13. What stunned everyone was that he used burkha as a cover, and did so every Saturday without getting caught until now! Police sources said that both the girl and the boy are from Sirsi, and study in the same college in the city.
To make matters clear, Daijiworld caught up with one of the girl's in the hostel, who, under condition of anonymity spilled the beans.
She said that Naveed and another girl in the hostel had been having an affair for quite sometime. "We had seen the burkha clad person once or twice, but did not suspect anything and thought her, or him, to be her good friend. The girl never told us about him, so there was no reason to doubt either," she said.
When asked how he was caught she said, "I was in my room, but ran out when the other girls started raising alarm. One of the girls had heard his voice coming from the girl's room. There was quite a pandemonium and someone called the police who caught him. He tried to escape by running away, but police managed to block his way."
"We were really shaken by the incident. We don't even know what to say to the girl. I heard she will be leaving the hostel soon," she said, adding that the incident had cast a shadow on other girls too.
A few friends of the boy spoke to Daijiworld and defended him saying that he was fulfilling a bet he had with the girl over entering the hostel, however, when asked how it was that he was found half-naked, they had no clear answer.
His friends were miffed that Naveed was caught while the girl escaped without a scratch on her character. "The girl was as much involved in the incident as Naveed, but why didn't the police catch her? Because of her our friend is in trouble," they said.
The police on the other hand, suspect that the watchman of the hostel too had a hand in it. They even summoned him and the hostel warden to the police station for questioning.
A parent who also has her daughter staying in a hostel in Bangalore raised concern over the issue and said that though love affairs may be common among the present youth, it was unacceptable to break into the hostel. "It is a major crime, and is a matter of concern not only for girls, the hostels but also for parents who cannot keep watch being far away," she said.
Whatever may be the case, the incident has given rise to questions that no one wants to answer.