Looted gem hidden in switchboard, Kolkata judge detects 'Feluda' twist

A protracted legal battle over a 32-carat Golconda diamond, which ended in a city court last week, had all the elements of a classic whodunnit: a gunpoint robbery, futile searches by the police and an ingenuous hiding place, almost in plain sight. Even the judge, while handing the gem to its owner last week, couldn't resist comparing it to the Feluda classic 'Joy Baba Felunath'.