Dhaka, Oct 28 (bdnews24.com) – Detective Branch on Tuesday arrested a close associate of Jiban Singh, chief of the outlawed Kamtapur Liberation Organisation who is also suspected of stealing Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize medal.

Thirty-year-old Tapan Patwari, also known as Palash Dash, was arrested near a mosque in the capital's Hazaribagh area, Hazaribagh Police Station sub-inspector Ruhul Amin told bdnews24.com.

A case was filed against him Tuesday afternoon for illegal entry into Bangladesh, Amin said.

A DB police officer, requesting anonymity, said Tapan was

Tapan is also alleged to be one of the top leaders of the outlawed KLO, fighting for a separate state for Rajbongshi tribals in the northern part of West Bengal, and wanted in the Tagore Nobel theft case.

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