Two held with statue
A precious touchstone statue was recovered here yesterday morning. Detective Branch police arrested two people in this connection. They are Md. Safiul Islam, 35, son of Nizamuddin of Telipara and Bijoy Chandra Roy, 22, son of Satish Chandra Roy of same village in Dinajpur Sadar upazila. Sources said, Nazrul Islam, sub inspector of Dinajpur Detective Branch police went to Telipara village at around 12.00 noon in guise of a buyer. Later he seized the Vishnu statue and arrested the two youths. Nazrul said, the stone weighing about 13.6kg, would be worth Tk 50 lakh.
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