Kolkata, Aug. 17 -- The West Bengal Police made a major breakthrough recovering Padma Shri award and other medals of famous former swimmer Bula Choudhury within 48 hours after her ancestral home at the Hooghly in West Bengal was burgled, official sources said today.
The Padma Shri medal and its badge, six gold medals of SAF Games, Tenzing Norgay Award, several international awards and mementoes won by Bula Chowdhury during her swimming career were found missing from cabinet after her ancestral home in HindMotor in the Hooghly district was burgled in her absence on August 14/15.
The Criminal Investigation Department of West Bengal Police took the case on Saturday and after intensive search operations in the locality last night detained one...