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In a visit to [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] [[George Fernandes]] announced that the CBI had destroyed 117 "seditious" documents from the material taken from the Sikh Reference Library.<ref name="tribune_fire_2003" />

On March 25, 2003, [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] made assurances that the books, documents, and manuscripts would be returned, however he took no further action.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city2003-03-25/chandigarh/Precious27269547_1_sgpc-booksharbeant-willsingh-bekirpal-returnedsingh-Kalam-assures-SGPC-chief/articleshow/41304291.cmsbadungar|title=Precious books will be returned: Kalam assures SGPC chief - The Times of India|last=Rana|first=Yudhvir|date=Mar 25, 2003|work=[[Indiatimes]]|accessdate=21 February 2011}}</ref>

In April 26, 2004, the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] ordered the [[Government of India|Central Government]], [[Government of Punjab (India)|Government of Punjab]], and the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] to return the "valuables, books, scriptures, paintings, etc, that were seized from the Golden Temple during “Operation Bluestar” in 1984".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040427/punjab1.htm#38|title=Material seized during Bluestar to be returned|work=[[The Tribune]]|publisher=The Tribune|accessdate=21 February 2011|___location=Chandigarh}}</ref>