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A 22-YEAR-OLD youth who ‘sneaked into’ IIT Bombay and stayed there for 20 days without being a student had left the institute for nearly three days when he went to Surat to meet his relatives before, he returned to the IIT Bombay campus and stayed there for another five days.
The police have found that Bilal Ahmed Teli, a Mangalore resident, had done a six-month IT course earlier and has told the police that he wanted an ‘IITian’ tag on his name due to which he stealthily entered the premises.
The Mumbai police are however taking no chances and have transferred the case to the crime branch that is further probing the matter.
An official said, “Ironically after managing to gain entry on May 27, Teli left the premises on June 7 and returned on June 10. Eventually he was seen by an administrator and handed over to the police. He told us that he had some relatives in Surat, and he left to meet them and returned.”
The officer added, “He had come to the institute from Surat having taken a train on May 25. While he got in thanks to a one-day course at the institute for which one could register online, he did not leave.”
The official said that while they suspect it is likely a misadventure or overenthusiasm by him, there are some unanswered questions regarding his conduct that they have not got a satisfactory explanation to.
“Why did he come to IIT Bombay when there are other IITs that would be closer to Mangalore? Why was he so keen to ensure he did not leave behind any digital footprint and used 21 e-mail addresses,” the official said.
We also found that he had checked all entry-exit gates from the institute. Hence the case was transferred to the crime branch to explore if there was any security issue,” the official said.
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