Police has busted a idol robbery gang. The Uttar Pradesh police has busted a idol robbery racket involved in stealing idols from temples and recovered an ‘ashtadhatu’ (alloy of eight metals, including gold) idol worth Rs. 5 crore from them. The police has also arrested 7 person from Gonda district in the state.
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The arrested confessed to police that they were planning to steal idols from a temple in Gonda, and from another one in Siddharthnagar. This lead to the arrest of an accused identified as Javed, from whom an ‘ashtadhatu’ idol was recovered.
Police has registered a case against the accused and the investigation is underway.
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