On a visit to Santiniketan, she said she deeply regretted the theft of the priceless object, saying, "Though the CBI is investigating the theft, we can try to find it out, if given the responsibility."
The CBI back in 2010 had closed its investigation into the theft of the country's first Nobel prize medal awarded to Tagore in 1913 and other Tagore memorabilia citing dearth of major clues.
The chief minister unveiled a slew of development projects for the Birbhum district after attending an administrative meeting, among which are a new IT hub, which is already in progress, theme city Gitabitan, housing complex at Prantik and a newly designed Tarapith area.
The chief minister said the district would immensely benefit with the completion of the ongoing and new projects.
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Apart from the under-construction IT hub, an MSME market would be built up to sell produce of small and medium artisans where products of the well-known labels like Tantuja, Manjushree and Khadi would be available. The market would also host a Biswa Bangla outlet, she said.
A cluster of housing complexes would come up at in the Prantik area to meet the growing demand for shelter by local people, she said, adding that work was in progress to re-design the temple town 'Tarapeeth'.
Lauding the law and order situation in Birbhum district, Banerjee said the state police would raise another battalion to cope with the emerging situation in the district and its adjacent areas. She asked the police to act impartially.
In the meeting, she discussed with the officials the theft of the Nobel medallion of Rabindranath Tagore and observed that she would be the happiest person if the priceless object could be retrieved.