ALLAHABAD: Kaushambi police on Tuesday arrested two idol smugglers close to Narsinghpur Kachua on Allahabad-Kaushambi highway and recovered an ashtadhatu idol of elephant weighing round six kgs and a mobike from them.
SP Kaushambi Pradeep Gupta mentioned, "The cost of recovered ashtadhatu idol in international market is around Rs 1 crore. The police have written to the officials of Archaeological Survey of India to compile more details about the idol."
He added a case underneath segment 413 of IPC has been registered in opposition to the arrested smugglers. The SP claimed that the recovered idol contained about 52% gold.
During interrogation, arrested idol smugglers published that they had purchased the idol from one Vishal Kumar, a resident of Rai Bareilly, for Rs 10 lakh and were making plans to promote it in Allahabad.
The police mentioned they have been on the lookout for Vishal to grasp as to how and the place he were given the idol
SP Kaushambi Pradeep Gupta mentioned, "The cost of recovered ashtadhatu idol in international market is around Rs 1 crore. The police have written to the officials of Archaeological Survey of India to compile more details about the idol."
He added a case underneath segment 413 of IPC has been registered in opposition to the arrested smugglers. The SP claimed that the recovered idol contained about 52% gold.
During interrogation, arrested idol smugglers published that they had purchased the idol from one Vishal Kumar, a resident of Rai Bareilly, for Rs 10 lakh and were making plans to promote it in Allahabad.
The police mentioned they have been on the lookout for Vishal to grasp as to how and the place he were given the idol
Two held, ashtadhatu idol worth Rs 1 crore recovered
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