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Brazilian simians stolen from Kolkata zoo recovered from
Durg
Durg
(Chhattisgarh): Seven of the eight Brazilian Common
Marmosets, stolen from the Alipore Zoological Garden in
Kolkata were recovered from Chhattisgarh's Durg district
on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, Chhattisgarh Police
nabbed a person, Raju Singh Soikia, here and rescued seven
marmosets, it is believed that one of the stolen eight
died. "We trapped Raju by disguising ourselves as monkey
buyers and told him to meet us. We then arrested him from
the meeting point. After interrogation he told us that
he and his friend in collaboration have committed this
crime," said Dipanshu Kabra, Superintendent of Police
of Durg. Kabra further said that these were rare species,
which were used for genetic research as they are genetically
close to human beings. He also informed that the accused
Raju and his friend Bobbai were planning to take the marmosets
to Pune or Mumbai, where they could sell them at a good
price. However, the accused Raju denied all the allegations
and said that he was innocent, and his friend Bobbai had
committed the crime. "I have not committed this crime.
My dealer told me to keep the monkeys in my house for
few days. He told me that he would collect them later.
But, when the theft news was in the newspapers I contacted
him. He told me not to worry as he had a license for this
business. He deals in the birds which made me think that
he is saying the truth," Raju said. Kabra also said that
Bobbai, the key figure in the racket, is still absconding
and Kolkata police are on the lookout for him.
-August
30, 2009
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