Noida: Attendance registers, expenditure and academic records dating back nearly two decades were allegedly stolen from a govt higher primary school in Surajpur, police said. Devla Higher Primary School headmistress Sudesh Kumari lodged a complaint stating burglars drilled a two-foot hole in the wall on Sunday night, broke into office cabinets, and stole numerous records, including teacher and student attendance registers from 2008 to Jan 2026, admission and exam files, midday meal records, cash and stock registers, family survey files, and bank cheques and passbooks. The incident came to light when the school reopened on Tuesday after a long weekend and Republic Day.
The miscreants ransacked cupboards and left papers scattered on the floor, Kumari said. She added that school management committee account chequebooks and passbooks, Meena Panch and PTA meeting registers, income and expenditure records, examination result registers, family survey files, teacher diaries and documents related to various school clubs were also missing. “They also took an inverter and battery, a mike and speaker, and many kitchen items such as pans, jugs, bowls, pots, plates, glasses, spoons, and storage boxes,” the headmistress said. While police are analysing CCTV camera footage to identify the accused and ascertain why the thieves took the academic registers, the loss of records affected the school’s routine work on Tuesday. “Many of these registers are essential for administrative and audit purposes. Reconstructing years of data will be a difficult task,” Kumari said.
