Expensive Equipment Stolen from KU Pharmacy Dept

Expensive equipment stolen from KU pharmacy dept
Karachi: Burglars barged into the instrument room of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi (KU), late Monday night and decamped with a High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) unit, Scanners, and some other instruments. The HPLC cost around Rs1.2 million.

In charge of the department, Dr Fayyaz Vaid, expressed his surprise that the incident could happen right under the noses of the KU Security and the Rangers. "The bolt of the locked room was cut by the burglars and the instruments were carried away. How can they do it when the main gates are guarded 24 hours a day," Dr Vaid wondered.

The apathy of the KU Security was evident by their lukewarm attitude. A Security Officer came, spoke with the teachers and staff of the department and went. Nothing was done till 2:00 pm when two police personnel from the Mubeena Town Police station arrived in the department.

Karachi University Teachers Society Secretary Dr Shakeel Farooqui, who had earlier arrived, objected to the visit of the police personnel who were supposed to be accompanied by the KU Security.

"An FIR has been registered and hopefully there will be some positive development in the case," Campus Security Secretary Arman Ahmed said. The News