CCTV wires and telephone lines will be cut off first. Even the chaurs in Dhaka have full detection capability for wi-fi signal from CCTV cameras (if wireless), to say nothing of RAW agents. They will make sure nothing suspicious is visible on CCTV cameras or be out of visual range. This was not foisted by Gau-Murkh idiots.
Bangladeshi govt. allowed it probably with full knowledge, but this has 'RAW' operation written all over it. By the way,
- You can easily retrieve information from deleted portion in hard disks.
- I hope the disks had DoD level encryption, even then passwords can be guessed and encryption broken
- Going by usual govt. worker intelligence level, we are probably giving Pakistani High Commission staff too much credit anyways.
But I honestly doubt HC staff left any 'gems' in computers for RAW to discover.
Ultimately - Bangladesh govt. is responsible for preventing burglaries at embassies and HC's, it is a sacred reciprocal right granted by accord with Pakistan for their HC.
. C'mon Man - Windows 98 was one of the most stable versions....kinda like Windows 7 nowadays. I have seen people who resisted upgrading, until Windows 7 came out.