Break-in at Tagore's nest yet again

11 April 2004, 18:00 PM

The Statesman/ ANN, Santiniketan

Security measures continue to be honoured in the breach at Uttarayan and its vicinity with a second break-in taking place a fortnight after the Nobel burglary at Rabindra Bhavan. Fortunately, nothing has been stolen this time.

Locks of Udyan Vivaga, just 200 metres from Uttarayan's main entrance, were found broken this morning. 'Security beef-up be damned' seems to be the message driven home by those who broke open the locks of the garden office, so what if CBI and CID sleuths with their sniffer dogs et al scan the area round-the-clock.

Visva-Bharati officials sought to play down the incident. Nothing was stolen, they said. Incidentally, there was not much to steal, apart from some gardening material and office furniture.