The CBI will return its “temporary accommodation” in Agartala to the Tripura government where a theft had allegedly taken place recently with thieves scooting away doors, windows, furniture and other materials from there, officials said on Monday.
The agency said that the premises was not a “CBI office” but a state government quarters 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.
“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 CBI spokesperson said in a statement.