Rs 1 crore cash, bedrooms, gun, condoms in Kolkata college. Tip of the iceberg?

Key points

• One of the oldest and most prestigious colleges in Kolkata, Surendranath College, has found itself mired in controversy after two large boxes of termite-infested cash worth Rs 1 crore were found in the students' union room.
• Hours later, more startling discoveries followed - two semi-furnished AC bedrooms, liquor bottles, condom packets and even a revolver.
• The development has again brought into focus the issue of alleged misuse of power within educational institutions in Bengal, with the BJP blaming the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the mess in the state's colleges.
• The students' union room was opened after nearly a year.
• It was locked in 2025 after the Calcutta High Court directed the then TMC government to shut down union rooms in colleges, as campus elections had not been held since 2019. The court order came close on the heels of the gang-rape of a 24-year-old student in the...