Utkal University introduces unexpected crackdown on non-students inhabiting hostel spaces

RELEASED: 12 Aug 2025, 10:42 PM IST
LAST UPDATE: 12 Aug 2025, 10:42 PM IST

Following the suspicious death of a motorist on Sunday night, Utkal University authorities in Bhubaneswar have actually introduced an unexpected crackdown on non-students inhabiting hostel spaces.

The Vice-Chancellor has actually alerted that if essential, cops action will be required to eliminate such residents.

Throughout surprise assessments, great deals of empty alcohol bottles and other products were discovered in hostel properties, stunning both trainees and personnel. Reports recommend that for several years, trainee leaders and non-students have actually been inhabiting over 150 spaces in different hostels.

With hostels under non-student control developing into hangouts for anti-social components, the scholastic environment has actually been degrading. Hostel No. 3, for example, was cluttered with empty alcohol bottles and other intoxicant-related products, showing how quickly such compounds are acquired.

While examining Sunday night’s occurrence, the suspicious death of an outsider chauffeur inside Hostel No. 3, authorities revealed numerous empty alcohol bottles, even more exposing the depth of the issue.

According to sources, the Vice-Chancellor got an immediate call from the Raj Bhavan concerning the matter. Concerns have been raised on how did an outsider motorist gain access to the hostel? Under what scenarios did his death take place?

Performing on the Vice-Chancellor’s instructions, the PG hostel wardens have actually provided letters to superintendents to start stringent action. Room-to-room checks are underway to recognize and force out non-students.

“We have held a discussion today to take steps to evict the non-students from the hostels. Only students will stay at hostel and proper education will be imparted. We are also holding discussions about the matter with the administration,” stated Utkal University VC Jagneshwar Dandapat.

The existence of outsiders in Vani Vihar hostel is absolutely nothing brand-new. For several years, unaffiliated individuals and previous trainee leaders have actually taken control of numerous hostels, taking part in school politics. Some are even implicated by PG trainees of leasing spaces for significant amounts, making countless rupees while doing so.

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“It’s not the matter at hostel no.3 only, they have taken over around 150 rooms in hostel No.1 and hostel No.2 as well. The non-students occupying these rooms are ruining the academic environment at Vani Vihar. When the students are not getting rooms in the hostel, providing rooms to the alumni are not justified,” stated Basudev Panigrahi, a PG trainee.

With trainee union elections possibly occurring this year, all eyes are now on whether the Utkal University administration’s anti-encroachment drive will bring enduring peace to school politics.