Server Room Camera 4
Server Room Camera 4
Setting: TCS Cherlapally campus (Hyderabad / Telangana).
In English: Server Room Camera 4. A Lighted Tales original Telugu horror story, written in Romanized Telugu (Tenglish) with Telangana dialect.
Server Room Camera 4
Last week naaku Hyderabad lo oka old colleague tho dinner kalisaaru. Aame peru Yashas, age 24, DeccanStack IT campus lo Cherlapally lo six months mundu IT support hire. Aame BTech 2023 lo graduated, aame Mahbubnagar swagramam, Hyderabad ki first job ki shift. Naaku aame parents friends ga, naaku aame ki Hyderabad transition ki guidance oka uncle role lo. Aame me dinner lo aame face pale ga, kallu kindha dark circles. Naaku adigaanu, "Yashas, mee shifts heavy ga aithunaa? Sleep enough cheyandi." Aame head shake chesindhi, "Sai-anna, sleep kaadu. Naaku oka camera gurinchi cheppali, naaku confused ga, naaku permission iste mee story lo rasaali." Naaku aame story listen chesaanu aa raathri, two hours pas. Naaku permission iste blog ki rasaali ani naaku aame permission ichindhi, aame company peru, exact campus details fictional ga keep cheyali ani agreed.
Aa story idi.
DeccanStack IT campus Cherlapally lo 2008 lo open ayyindhi. Real geographic location Cherlapally industrial corridor, Hyderabad outskirts. Campus area 12 acres, 6 buildings, 4500 employees. Tower B aame allocated workplace, 8 floors, basement parking, plus oka standalone server room building (aame infrastructure team lo).
Yashas role: IT support engineer, infrastructure team lo. Aame six months ki onboarding tarvatha, aame senior engineer Bhargav-anna (35) ki shadow ga. Aame initial tasks ki — minor desktop issues, password resets, network troubleshooting. December first week lo aame ki mid-tier task assigned: server room CCTV camera audit. Decommission obsolete cameras, document active cameras, replace defective hardware.
Server room ki 7 active cameras — corners, aisles, entry, equipment racks. Plus 2 obsolete cameras — install ayyaai 2009 lo, current monitoring system ki feed cheyatledhu, hardware aged. Aame task: document obsolete cameras, formally decommission, schedule removal.
Yashas aame manager Pranay-anna (37) tho task brief.
Pranay: "Yashas, server room camera audit straightforward task. Active 7 cameras current ga functional, aa list confirm cheyandi. Obsolete 2 cameras , Camera 4 plus Camera 9 , decommission cheyali. Camera 4 east wall aisle B vaipu pointed ga, kaani aa aisle 2017 lo restructured, aa angle ki ippudu wall mathrame visible. Camera 9 ceiling corner lo, lens damaged 2018 lo, since replaced kaaledhu. Mee task , physical inspection, report submit, schedule removal contractor ki next month."
Yashas: "Pranay-anna, naaku ee task ki access permissions kavali server room ki. Plus camera feed history ki access?"
Pranay: "Yashas, server room access mee badge level ki granted aithundhi temporarily for this task. Camera feed history old archive lo, naaku oka senior login ivvali , naa account use cheyandi temporary ga, password ee small note paper midha, mee work tarvatha destroy cheyandi."
Pranay-anna aame senior login credentials note ichaadu. Yashas aame work session start chesaadu Friday December 1 morning ki.
Yashas first server room ki velliaadu 10 AM ki. Server room independent building, aame Tower B nunchi 200 meters walk. Building entry biometric, aame badge plus thumbprint. Aame ki access OK ga.
Lopala server room temperature 18 degrees, hum constant, fluorescent lights, raised floor. Aame ki first time aa space lo — aame previous tasks Tower B floors lo. Aa silence different ga.
Aame Camera 4 ki velliaadu — east wall, height 8 feet, mount aged ga. Aame ladder request chesi mount close-up inspection. Camera body Bosch model 2009 vintage, lens dust ga, cable connection backend rack ki. Aame physical inspection complete chesi photos teesaadu, documentation form lo entries.
Aame Camera 9 ki velliaadu — ceiling corner. Damaged lens visible. Aame inspection complete.
Aame return chesaadu Tower B office ki, aame desk lo Pranay-anna login tho old archive system access chesaadu. Aame Camera 4 historical feed pull cheyali ani — last functional date confirm cheyaali, archive purge schedule cross-reference cheyaali.
Camera 4 archive search lo aame 2009 to 2017 functional records ga aame expected. 2017 lo aisle restructure tarvatha aa camera feed ki content meaningful absent — just wall view.
Aame query lo: aame surprise.
Camera 4 archive lo entries 2009 to 2017 ga, plus 2017 nunchi current ga continuous entries. Last entry timestamp December 1, 2023, 11:47 AM (aa morning Yashas physical inspection ki 1.5 hours mundu).
Yashas confused. Pranay-anna cheppaadu Camera 4 obsolete ga, current monitoring system ki feed cheyyaledhu. Kaani archive lo continuous recordings active ga.
Yashas oka random recording date pick chesaadu — June 14, 2023 Wednesday 2:35 PM. Recording 60 seconds clip play.
→ Idey theme lo inka oka katha: Data Center Chill Room
Recording lo: Aisle B east wall, fluorescent light, server racks bottom rows visible. Aame aisle 2017 lo restructured, kaani recording lo aisle visible la pre-restructure layout — old configuration. Camera angle 2009 mount ki configured, aa angle 2017 restructure tarvatha just wall capture cheyaali, kaani aa recording lo aisle full view active ga.
Aisle lo oka man niluchunnaadu. Age 30s, plain shirt, lanyard tho ID badge, aame face camera vaipu turned. Aame hand wave chesthunnadu — like camera ki direct ga acknowledge.
Yashas freeze ga. Aame recording rewind chesi second time view. Same content. Aa man face clear ga, aame eyes camera lens lo direct ga, aame hand slow wave 5 seconds duration. Tarvatha aame turn chesi aisle lo walk ayyaadu.
Yashas aa man identification cheyaali ani try chesaadu. Aame face structure recognizable ga — straight nose, mustache, aame age 32 emo. Aame ID badge lanyard color blue, current DeccanStack badges yellow ga.
Aame employee directory current ga search chesaadu — face match no. Past employees archive search chesaadu — aame employee ID 4-digit prefix old-style (2010 era issuance), current 5-digit. Aame past employees database access kavali, aame role ki ledhu. Aame Pranay-anna ki escalate chesaadu.
Pranay: "Yashas, mee feed access aa archive lo continuous show ayyindhi? Camera 4 obsolete ga. Naaku ee anomaly notice ledhu. Naaku aa recording naaku share cheyandi. Naaku archive admin tho check cheyali."
Pranay-anna aame archive admin tho consultation. Archive admin Mukesh-uncle, age 55, aa company lo 2008 nunchi (campus opening). Aame database 30 minutes lo investigation chesaaru, tarvatha Pranay-anna ki callback.
Mukesh: "Pranay garu, Camera 4 archive lo 2017 tarvatha entries unauthorized continuation ga. Database lo aa camera 'decommissioned-pending' status, kaani recording write process active ga. Naaku ee write process initiator unable to identify , naa logs lo no scheduled job, no admin account active. Naaku aa recording content review chesaanu , recordings lo aisle pre-restructure view show ayyindhi, current physical configuration kaadu. Aa recordings 2017 lo backup ga lekapothe somewhere replay aithunnayi, kaani timestamps current ga 2017 to 2023. Naaku ee infrastructure level anomaly. Naaku 27 years IT lo, ee 4-year continuous unauthorized write naaku first time. Mee ki naa investigation report 2 days lo."
Pranay-anna ki ee anomaly serious ga felt. Aame Yashas ki break ivvadame mundu Camera 4 task pause cheyali ani directed.
Pranay: "Yashas, ee task naaku aa management ki escalate cheyaali. Mee role observer ga, naaku updates ivvali, kaani decommission action pause. Mee task tarvatha naaku notify cheyandi."
Yashas aame desk ki return chesaadu. Aame curiosity active ga, kaani aame task formally pause. Aame aa man identity gurinchi office gossip lo casual ga adugu — aa face team lo evvariki gurthu cheyaali.
Saturday morning aame Bhargav-anna tho coffee meeting lo casual ga adigaadu, "Bhargav-anna, mee ki ee company lo 2010-2015 era employees gurinchi memory. Oka particular face naaku archive lo kanipinchindhi, aame plain shirt, mustache, age 32 emo, aame infrastructure team lo undali."
Bhargav-anna pause chesaaru. Aame face slow ga heavy ga.
Bhargav: "Yashas, mee description naaku oka memory. Aame Vikram-anna emo. Vikram Reddy, server room infrastructure lead 2010-2015. Aame face mustache, mee description match aithundhi. Aame 2015 December lo aa server room lo accident lo poyaadu , electrical incident, aame troubleshooting Camera 4 nearby cabling, aame cable improperly grounded, aame contact lo electrocuted. On-spot poyaadu. Aame age 32. Aame family Vijayawada lo. Naaku aa accident time naaku aa team lo new joiner ga (joined 2015 October), aame mentor naaku two months only. Aame death lo company internal investigation, root cause cabling contractor negligence. Family ki insurance settlement, plus oka memorial plaque server room entry pakkana , mee notice chesi undocchu."
Yashas server room entry plaque gurthu vacchindhi — small bronze plate, aame entry door pakkana, aame text "In memoriam: V. Reddy, 1983-2015, Infrastructure Lead." Aame inspection roju casual ga read chesaadu, kaani context teliyadhu.
Yashas ki aa moment lo body lo cold sweat. Aame archive recordings lo aa man — Vikram-anna — aame death tarvatha 8 years lo Camera 4 archive lo continuous appearances. Aame face camera ki direct ga, aame wave gesture acknowledgment ga.
Yashas Bhargav-anna ki aa archive evidence cheppaledhu aa moment — aa anomaly internal investigation lo, aame leak cheyaali ani task scope kaadu. Aame just listen chesaadu Bhargav-anna stories, aame mentor Vikram tho memories.
Bhargav: "Yashas, Vikram-anna naaku two months mentor ga, kaani aame work ethic legendary ga. Aame ki Camera 4 personally maintained, aame insistence ki aa camera installation 2009 lo aame supervised. Aame Camera 4 favorite ga referred , aa angle aisle B server racks high-value ga, aame personal pride aa coverage. Aame death roju aame Camera 4 cabling check chesthunnaadu, aame final task. Naaku aa irony , aame favorite camera dheggara aame death."
Yashas ki ee context puzzle pieces ki connect ayyindhi.
December 4 Monday morning ki Yashas aame Pranay-anna ki aame archive evidence formal ga submitted, aame Vikram-anna identification tho. Pranay-anna ki shock. Aame Mukesh-uncle, plus HR tho coordination immediate.
HR lead aame company lo Bhanu Latha (same Bhanu Latha multi-office HR consultant). Aame aa case ki immediate ga involved.
[BHANU LATHA] "Pranay garu, Yashas, Mukesh-uncle, naaku ee anomaly ki precedent unde case lo. Naaku Vikram garu family contact tho release ceremony coordinate cheyaali. Aame death attachment Camera 4 ki, aame personal pride asset, aame final action interrupted. Aame family acknowledgment plus Camera 4 ki dignity-preserving decommission cheyaali — formal ceremony ga, equipment scrap ga kaadu."
→ Pakkana ee story kuda chadavandi: CEO's Cabin Seat
December 11 Sunday ki Vikram-anna family Vijayawada nunchi vacchaaru — aame wife Sunita garu age 38, aame son Rohit age 11 (aame father death ki age 3). Aame parents aged, Vijayawada lo unde, travel possible kaadu. Sunita garu aame company lo 2015 lo briefly visit chesindhi husband death tarvatha, ee 8 years lo first return.
Server room lo special ceremony — Sunday non-business hours, minimal staff. Bhanu Latha, Pranay-anna, Yashas, Mukesh-uncle, Bhargav-anna, plus Sunita-Rohit — total 7 people. Plus oka HR videographer aame ceremony record cheyaali for HR archive.
Sunita garu aame husband Camera 4 dheggara silent ga. Aame ki husband death roju aa specific spot show ga. Aame oka small framed photo tho — aame husband age 32, aame company photo.
Sunita: "Vikram, mee Camera 4 ki mee 5 years dedication, mee pride. Mee work ee company lo permanent ga. Mee death roju aame final task , mee Camera 4 ki cabling check , mee ki aame complete cheyali ani urge aame death ki cross. Mee ki memu acknowledgment isthamu , mee work, mee dedication, mee pride. Mee ki memu rest istaamu. Mee son Rohit ippudu age 11, aame mee memory tho carry. Mee family mee ki home ki call chesthamu."
Rohit silent ga aame father photo dheggara. Aame ki father memory limited ga (age 3 ki nunchi), kaani aame mother stories tho carry ga.
Rohit: "Daddy, naaku mee ki amma cheppinappudu mee Camera 4 favorite ga. Naaku ee Camera ki naa eyes lo respect. Mee ki rest, naaku amma tho intiki cherukoni. Mee ki naaku love."
Bhanu Latha aame Camera 4 formal decommission ceremony — aame physically untouched ga keep cheyali ani Bhargav-anna proposal. Camera 4 server room lo permanent ga remain — aame functional ga kaadu, aame memorial fixture ga. Plaque update — aame entry door pakkana plaque ki additional text, "Camera 4 honored as memorial fixture, 2009-2015 service preserved."
Pranay-anna agree chesaaru, management ki recommendation.
Sunday ceremony tarvatha Mukesh-uncle archive system lo Camera 4 write process check chesaaru.
Mukesh: "Bhanu garu, Camera 4 archive write process December 11, 2023 18:47 IST ki ceased automatic ga. Database lo last entry timestamp aa moment. Subsequent monitoring zero entries. Aa loop closed."
Subsequent weeks lo Yashas Camera 4 ki occasional ga visit chesaadu — server room lo aame standard work. Aame aa camera eppudu functional ga restore cheyali ani plan ledhu, aame memorial ga preserved. Aame aa camera dheggara silent ga 30 seconds ekkuva spend chesthaadu prathi visit ki — Vikram-anna ki silent acknowledgment.
Yashas ki ee experience oka professional milestone ga felt. Aame senior engineer level role 2-3 years lo, kaani aame infrastructure ki respect aa first 6 months lo deep ga embedded. Naaku aame dinner lo cheppindhi, "Sai-anna, naa work lo prathi server, prathi camera, prathi cable — aa equipment ki history. Aa history acknowledge cheyaali ani naa philosophy. Naaku ee Camera 4 ki release lesson permanent ga."
Real-world context: Wikipedia — Hyderabad
Naaku aame ki proud feel.
Sunita garu Vijayawada ki return ayyaaru Rohit tho. Aame husband memorial annual visit ki commit chesindhi — December 11 prathi year, aame company tho coordination. Plus aame son ki Camera 4 photo wallet lo carry, aame father pride tho carry.
DeccanStack IT internal compliance aa case ki documented. Mukesh-uncle ki aa investigation report retirement ki mundu submit, aame retirement 2024 mid lo plan. Aame company ki 16 years contribution.
Bhanu Latha aame consultancy lo ee case ki anonymous reference ga share — aame other companies ki similar anomaly cases lo template proposal ga.
Forgiveness — aame concept Vikram-anna ki ela apply? Aame family ki aame death lo grief, aame company ki cabling negligence ki accountability. Bhanu Latha aame initial investigation lo confirmed — cabling contractor 2015 lo accountability accept chesaadu, settlement aame family ki paid. Aame company internal protocols upgraded cabling safety ki post-incident. Aame Sunita garu aame company ki technically forgiveness state lo, kaani aame husband personal attachment Camera 4 ki ki aame ki release cheyali ani task. Aame husband action interrupted ga, aame husband cabling check incomplete — aame post-death persistence aa incomplete action ki anchor. Sunita garu aame husband ki forgiveness — aame final task incomplete acceptance, aame work pride aame ki sufficient acknowledgment ga release.
Forgiveness oka active acceptance — past incomplete actions ki, present acknowledgment. Sunita garu, Rohit aame father ki forgiveness ki active ga delivered.
Naaku Yashas tho ee story tarvatha oka continued conversation — aame mother Mahbubnagar lo, aame ki Hyderabad first job ki concerns, plus aame father pending family promise teesukoni vellaali ani.
Author's note
Cherlapally Hyderabad outskirts lo industrial corridor, IT campuses 2000s nunchi expansion. DeccanStack fictional ga ee post lo, kaani Cherlapally lo IT campuses real ga. Naaku Cherlapally personal ga 2015 lo client visit, aa drive Karimnagar route nunchi convenient ga (NH-44 via). Server rooms ki silent infrastructure environments — naaku 2010 lo first server room access naa first job lo, aa cold air, aa hum permanent ga gurthu. Camera systems IT infrastructure lo silent witnesses — aame data physical assets ki mute observers. Aa observation silent ga decades persist aithundi, plus aame data ki memory ga embedded. Yashas lanti new generation IT engineers ki ee invisible heritage ki sensitivity oka professional virtue. Naaku aame ki Hyderabad transition lo guidance ga, aame parents friends ga, naaku oka personal stake. Vikram-anna lanti senior infrastructure leads — aame work ki public credit ledhu, kaani aame contribution decades persist aithundi. Aame death roju aame final task incomplete — aame interrupted lives ki memorialization important. Mee company lo similar memorial fixtures, plaques, retired equipment with stories — comments lo cheppandi.
— Sai Kiran · Lighted Tales
© 2026 Sai Kiran Pandrala / Lighted Tales · https://teluguhorrorstories.blogspot.com
Original Telugu horror fiction. Folk-source material where referenced is public domain.
Modern characters, apartments, companies, and phone numbers are fictional.
Any resemblance to real persons, businesses, or events is coincidental.
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