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| August 30, 2009 | 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.
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