(IN) Marmosets stolen from Kolkata zoo found in Durg,Chhatisgarh, one held

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Monkeys found in Chhatisgarh, one held

Express News Service Tags : Alipore Zoo monkeys case, kolkata Posted: Saturday ,

Aug 29, 2009 at 0219 hrs Kolkata:

Seven out of eight Common Marmosets, stolen from Alipore Zoo on August 9, were

recovered from Durg in Chhattisgarh late on Friday evening. One person has been

arrested, who has admitted to have bought the simians from a person in Alipore.

Acting on a tip-off, the sleuths of Chhattisgarh Crime Branch raided a house in

Durg and recovered the animals. They handed over the marmosets to forest

officials in Chhattisgarh and later informed Kolkata police and senior officials

of the state forest department.

According to Raju Das, director of Alipore Zoo, at present the animals are kept

under the supervision of the divisional forest officer of Chhattisgarh.

�The Kolkata police informed us about the recovery. We are told that one

marmoset had died when it was smuggled from Kolkata to Chhattisgarh,� said

Das. �The arrested accused has admitted that the marmosets were stolen from

Alipore Zoo and he had purchased those from a person in Alipore,� he added.

A team of senior city police officers and forest officials will visit

Chhattisgarh on Saturday morning to bring back the marmosets and the accused to

Kolkata.

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Monkeys stolen from zoo recovered

A STAFF REPORTER

Calcutta, Aug. 28: Seven of the eight marmosets stolen from Alipore Zoo on

August 9 were recovered by a crime branch team of Durg in Chhattisgarh tonight.

One person has been arrested and is being questioned by Chhattisgarh police.

The newly elected director of Alipore Zoo, Raju Das, said: �We have just

received the news that seven out of the eight Common Marmosets stolen from

Alipore zoo have been recovered from Raipur in Durg district of Chhattisgarh.

The seven Common Marmosets have been handed over to the conservator of forests

of Durg. It has been confirmed to us that these are the same marmosets that were

stolen from Alipore Zoo. One marmoset is reported to have died.�

The rare monkeys of Brazilian origin of the size of large rats are worth around

Rs 1 lakh each in the illicit wildlife market.

Chief conservator of forests Atanu Raha said: �It seems to be the handiwork of

an organised gang and it involves a lot of money.�

A team of the detective department, along with forest officials, is leaving for

Chhattisgarh tomorrow.

�We had alerted police in all states. Searches were being carried out at all

the entry and exits points of these states. Our counterparts in Chhattisgarh

have informed us that they have arrested somebody by the name of Rajesh Saintia

in whose possession the marmosets were found,� said an official of the

detective department.

 

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Stolen Brazilian monkeys found in Durg

August 29th, 2009 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS

Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Seven of the eight rare Brazilian marmoset monkeys stolen

from the Alipore Zoological Garden here Aug 9 were Friday night traced to Durg

in Chhattisgarh.

Police said late Friday night that one of the eight simians was dead.

One person has been arrested in this connection and a team of Kolkata Police

sleuths had left for Durg.

The tiny monkeys, just two feet in height, were mysteriously stolen from their

cage in Alipore Zoo following which an Interpol look-out notice was sent out to

trace them.

Two private security personnel on guard at the zoo were arrested a day after the

incident came to light.

Following the incident, Alipur Zoological Garden director Subir Chowdhury was

put under suspension.

Altogether 16 rare Brazilian monkeys had been brought to Alipore zoo in 2001.

 

 

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Stolen monkeys found in Durg

29 August 2009, 05:06am IST

KOLKATA: Seven of the eight common marmosets stolen from Alipore zoological

garden on August 9 were rescued from a house in Chhattisgarh�s Durg �

some 900 km from Kolkata � on Friday night. One had died while in captivity.

 

City police commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti confirmed the recovery and

said that the Chhattisgarh police had made an arrest as well. �A Kolkata

Police team will leave for Chhattisgarh on Saturday morning to make a detailed

probe,� he said.

 

It was the Interpol notice and countrywide alert that led to the breakthrough,

say sources. Kolkata Police�s detective department had few clues to work on.

The Chhattisgarh police, who knew a lookout notice was on for the stolen

Brazilian monkeys, got a tip on Friday afternoon that some people were trying to

sell off monkeys.

 

They raided a house in Durg and found seven marmosets in a cage. The housekeeper

was arrested and interrogated. �It was he who revealed that one of the monkeys

had died while being transported from Kolkata,� said the city police chief.

 

Alipore zoological garden director Raju Das said he has been informed by the

Chhattisgarh forest department that the marmosets would be returned to Kolkata

soon.

 

 

 

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