SANTINIKETAN: All hopes of recovery of Rabindranath Tagore's stolen Nobel medallion have been dashed with CBI appealing to the court to declare the case closed for want of any significant clue into the crime. The CBI authorities had informed Visva Bharati University that they have stopped their investigation their second attempt at recovering the medallion and 49 other pricele
ss artefacts as they had not found any significant clues. The agency's original letter was submitted with the Bolpur court and the university authority was forwarded a copy. The letter was written on August 20 and signed by the SP, special crime branch, CBI, Kolkata. Manimukut Mitra, the registrar of Visva Bharati, said: "We received the letter on August 21. It is not clear whether this closure of investigation is final or temporary." Mitra said the matter would be placed before the executive committee at its next meeting to decide on their next action. The priceless medallion and 49 other artefacts were stolen from Rabindra Bhavan on March 25, 2004. CBI took up the case five days later on March 30. After three years during which time several arrests were made and hundreds of Visva Bharati employees interrogated CBI declared the case closed on August 30, 2007 with none of the artefacts having been recovered. CBI asked for permission to reopen the case again on September 18, 2008, following some developments in Bangladesh. The probe was taken over by P S Bose, the then DSP, CBI Kolkata. However, Bose himself was charged with corruption, arrested by CBI and suspended. Later, CBI engaged a new officer to probe the case.
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ss artefacts as they had not found any significant clues. The agency's original letter was submitted with the Bolpur court and the university authority was forwarded a copy. The letter was written on August 20 and signed by the SP, special crime branch, CBI, Kolkata. Manimukut Mitra, the registrar of Visva Bharati, said: "We received the letter on August 21. It is not clear whether this closure of investigation is final or temporary." Mitra said the matter would be placed before the executive committee at its next meeting to decide on their next action. The priceless medallion and 49 other artefacts were stolen from Rabindra Bhavan on March 25, 2004. CBI took up the case five days later on March 30. After three years during which time several arrests were made and hundreds of Visva Bharati employees interrogated CBI declared the case closed on August 30, 2007 with none of the artefacts having been recovered. CBI asked for permission to reopen the case again on September 18, 2008, following some developments in Bangladesh. The probe was taken over by P S Bose, the then DSP, CBI Kolkata. However, Bose himself was charged with corruption, arrested by CBI and suspended. Later, CBI engaged a new officer to probe the case.For further details visit as : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/kolkata-/CBI-closes-probe-into-Nobel-theft/articleshow/4926081.cms
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