Why do College students steal??

Today DDS's (my frnd) phone was stolen when he was in the deep sleep. The things stolen were his mobile phone and his purse having Rs. 800, ID card, ATM card and some more important papers.
The person who stole the phone didn't switched off the phone like ordinary thieves in colleges do. So Dhano(or DDS) had good luck and picked up phone when we called on Dhano's number so many times. And tomorrow he has asked us to come at station to pick up the cell after we offered him considerable amount of money. Now it is left on tomorrow.
Meanwhile, we came to know that guy was from IIT - Roorkee. Now question is why do students from even such reputated colleges steal. Few days ago even a laptop was stolen in IIT R and convict was the friend of victim only. This is not only the case of IIT R. It happens in other colleges also. For eg. in our college(not in our branch where valuables are stolen by mess workers or some unknown visitors) students do steal. For example in our college, in 1 branch some mobile phone and cash of few people was stolen. And ppl say that there branchmate are responsible for it.
So y do IITians and other college students steal. Even in BIET , Jhansi there were stealing of mobile phone in common. There are many reasons but final answer in money and bad habbits.
1. Drug Addiction - 1 reason is drug addiction. People don't have money (not that they are from poor families) for drugs etc. There parents will naturally ask where are their sons spending money if students ask for more money. So to cover up expenses they steal from there friends.
2. Money Making - Other reason is money making. People get money ...... that to free with 1 successful handwash they can get 3-10 thousands in a minute.


Money is the basic need today. And people don't have controls on their minds and also on there habbits. So what they do is -- get money somehow and somewhere ......... and for it many things are responsible. Parents lineant behaviour is one of them. People dont control their children and so they don't even come to know that their children are having bad habbits. We can also put it in other way is संस्कारों की कमी । Ya, that's the big issue today though future generation is ignoring it today due to various reasons which i think I shouldn't discuss here.
Other reasons are company people are in .......... If you are in the bad company you are going to do in future. If you are in rich company ppl you may get depressed and you know that your parents' pay or income is not that much ....than you should understand your limit...but alas people fail to understand it. And so fell to bad habbit of stealing. Here parent's role is to grasp their children's thoughts and make them realize what there condition is .

There is short fable which i think few people may have heard. Tilak was small. He was not from a rich family. And he used to go to school with his mother or father(I don't remember). He saw other students bringing good biscuits in their lunch box..and his father felt sad and asked him one day that do you want such biscuits....small Tilak said "NO" . So such kind of children tend to become great in future.

Also atleast one should have humanity which people learn seeing there neighbourhood especially parents. The company they are in should also be monitered by the parents only. But what about those who are already spoiled. This can be resolved by the parents keeping special attention what their son is doing. So parents have to play key role. This role is to played until there child become morally responsible. Thank God about my branch , I think all are.

Lack of moral responsibility is not only the cause of theft going in Engineering Colleges.
Our ITBHU is great. Laptops are stolen , not by breaking the locks but by opening the locks....lol..See the security. Now if you complain the Warden he would ask the guard not to allow even students outside easily , though 1 day before even strangers can pass through the gates of the hostel. So even we have to face double trouble. First, stealing is done .. and later even going out or coming inside the hostel freely is a problem.

So to prevent stealing in college is not that easy. You can keep guards etc, but this is not very much a preventive method because what can guard do if your friend only is the thief. But keeping intelligent guards do prevent theft to some extent. But to prevent stealing by your friends or colleagues you can do few things . Keep track of your friends. Remain alert. Parents should teach their children the moral respnsibiltiy which can benefit our educated society.