The team was constituted, under the supervision of ACP

Kalkaji Amit Goel and inspector Ved Prakash, SHO (Kalkaji).

Baaniya said that they did not have any clues of the missing citation and it took them around 25 days to locate it.

"The families of the three accused used to stay in Sangam Vihar. After the burglary, they were finding it difficult to carry the jewellery pieces and other items so they disposed it off in the jungles that are usually not frequented during the night," he added.

After committing the burglary, they disposed off the citation in the jungles, since they thought it to be heavy and only a piece of paper, said the officer.

During the questioning, the accused claimed that they could not recall stealing the citation.

"We described the citation to them, but they could not recall stealing it. Following this, the areas near Aravalli Apartments in Kalkaji, Ghaziabad, Sangam Vihar, jungle road towards Faridabad, jungles in Sangam Vihar, Khoda Colony and some areas of Govindpuri were searched," he added.

The citation was recovered last evening in an intact condition near a rock in the jungle.

"It was kept in a waterproof bag and covered in a polythene and then kept in a case," said Baaniya, adding that with waterproof material protecting it, the citation was recovered in a good condition.

Satyarthi had presented his Nobel medal to President Pranab Mukherjee in January 2015. The original medal has been preserved and is now on display at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum.

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