CISF may be deployed near Tagore museum

A Central Industrial Security Force CISF team visited Santiniketan today to assess the security requirements in the campus. It will submit a report to the PMO which is considering a proposal for deployment of CISF at the university8217;s important installations following the theft of the Nobel medal.

The team visited the Tagore Memorial Museum and other buildings in Uttarayan complex and held meetings with the university8217;s Vice-Chancellor Sujit Basu. It was learnt that both university and PMO have agreed to the deployment of CISF and the monetary involvement is being worked out. Once the CISF takes charge, the university8217;s own Watch-and-Ward Wing may have to be wound up, officials said.