In 2003, Ranjit Nanda, a former inspector for the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBICentral Bureau of Investigation]], (CBI) turned [[whistleblower]] and revealed he was part of a five member team which scrutinized the documents at the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]]'s makeshift office at Amritsar's Youth Club.<ref name="tribune_fire_2003" /> He revealed that officials from his department were "desperately looking for a purported letter written by [[Indira Gandhi]], the then Prime Minister, to [[Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale]]", and reported seeing letters from the other leaders addressed to Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale.<ref name="tribune_fire_2003" /> Manjit Calcutta, a former secretary of the SGPC], corroborated Nanda's version of events but further alleged that the army set the library "on fire in desperation when it failed to find the letter".<ref name="tribune_fire_2003" /> Nanda further confirmed the SGPC's version of events by describing how after inspecting each book and manuscript the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] packed the documents into 165 numbered gunny sacks and bundled the material into waiting army vehicles because of a meeting of Sikh high priests taking place at the time.<ref name="tribune_fire_2003" /> He also showed a letter from his superiors commending his work "during examination of documents from SGPC ".<ref name="tribune_fire_2003" />
