Gold Buddha statue recovered in Uttar Pradesh
August 23rd, 2009 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANSAllahabad, Aug 23 (IANS) Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad city Sunday arrested two men and recovered a stolen 3.5-kg pure gold Buddha statue from their possession.
Vishnu Kumar and Pappu were arrested in the Trans-Yamuna area and the 8-inch statue was recovered from them.
“During interrogation, they confessed they had stolen the statue from an ancient temple in Kushinagar and the international value of the statue is Rs.3.5 crore (Rs.35 million),” Deputy Inspector General of Police (Allahabad range) Chandra Prakash told IANS over phone.
The information has been sent to the Kushinagar police and the information is expected soon about from where the statue was stolen, he added.
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