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CBI probe into theft of Buddha bust 
July 21, 2005


Kolkata: The West Bengal government has ordered a Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) probe into the theft of a 5th century sandstone
'half-bust' of Buddha stolen from the Indian Museum here Dec 29 last year.

Replying to a supplementary question in the state assembly Thursday, Chief
Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya said his government had asked the CBI to
take over the investigation.

He said the state Criminal Investigation Department would assist the CBI.

The 23-cm half-bust was kept in a glass case on the ground floor of the long
gallery of the archaeology section. The thief removed the glass case and
took away the bust.

Bhattacharjya said the CBI and CID were also probing the theft of
Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel medallion, which went missing in March 2004 from
the Visva-Bharati museum at Santiniketan. 

The chief minister disclosed that some paintings of Nandalal Bose,
Abanindranth Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore, languishing in the trunks of
the Rabindra Bharati University here, would be displayed in an upcoming
state gallery in Kolkata. 
 
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