CBI to return Agartala accommodation to Tripura govt
New Delhi, Feb 17, 2025, TRIPURATIMES Desk
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New Delhi, Feb 17: The CBI has decided to return its "temporary accommodation" in Agartala to the Tripura government after a recent theft in the premises.
Thieves had allegedly removed doors, windows, furniture and other materials from the premises given to the agency as a temporary accommodation for the visiting staff in 2023 immediately after the Chit Funds Scam cases were transferred to it.
In a statement on Monday, the agency clarified that the premises was not a "CBI office" but state government quarters.
"No official documents or case property or case records of the CBI are kept in the said premises. No records or case property were stolen. The office of the CBI Unit at Agartala is functioning from a different premises and not from the aforesaid quarters," a statement issued by a CBI spokesperson said here.
The premises have not been used even for residential purpose in the recent past, it said, adding, "Some furniture given by the state government have been stolen from this quarters as nobody was staying there."
It is alleged that the thieves stole the doors and windows of the quarters besides steel cupboards, chairs and some electrical equipment.
An FIR was registered following which the state police arrested the suspects and recovered some stolen furniture.
"Since the said premises is not being used any longer, the same is being returned to the state government," the statement added.