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CBI takes over probe into 2011 disappearance of 2 Bengal teenagers
On April 18, 2011, the two, Sudipta Roy Chowdhury and Rahul Mondal alias Bittu, went missing from the Behala area in Kolkata.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the disappearance of two 19-year-old youths from Kolkata in 2011, following directions from the Calcutta High Court.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Sunday against unknown persons.
On April 18, 2011, the two teenagers, Sudipta Roy Chowdhury and Rahul Mondal alias Bittu, went missing from the Behala area in Kolkata. A few days later, their families reportedly received ransom calls.
While the West Bengal Police initially investigated the case before handing it over to the state CID, investigators failed to trace the youths over the next 15 years, leading the police to close the case in 2020.
The high court on October 6 ordered CBI to take over the investigation on petitions filed by their families in 2011.
CBI officials said the agency will collect all case files and records from the West Bengal Police and record fresh statements from the family members of both Chowdhury and Mondal.
