Stolen Tagore memorabilia seized from Santiniketan

Rabindranath Tagore's paintings, his watch and other rare memorabilia have been recovered from West Bengal's Santiniketan area, but none of it includes articles from the previous March 2004 theft, police said Tuesday.

Posing as foreign buyers, a team of cops led the operation and raided various premises in Bolpur and Santiniketan, the idyllic seat of learning established by the Nobel laureate, which is now the famous Visva-Bharati University.

Police said the recovered articles included paintings of Tagore and a watch used by the poet besides various antique pieces. It was being probed if the seizures could lead to any clues on the theft of the Nobel medallion in early 2004.

Four people, including an artist, a defence personnel and hotelier, have been taken into custody.

The articles were stolen at various times from houses in Santiniketan.

Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel prize medallion was stolen from Bichitra, the Tagore museum in Santiniketan, in March 2004.

Among the other items stolen then were a pocket-watch that the poet used, gold buttons and cufflinks as well as gold bangles belonging to his wife Mrinalini Devi.

This apart, a number of silver vases, some silver cutlery, including forks and spoons, and silver coffee mugs were taken.

There have been no clues despite a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry.

(IANS)

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