In a shocking revelation, the Karnataka police has nabbed an idol thief who had stolen valuable idols from Karnataka and sold it to the franchise shop of a renowned jeweller based in State.
“The Karnataka police was camping in Durg for past few days and we were assisting them in the action,” Superintended of Police Durg, Anand Chhabda said on Sunday.
According to sources in the police department, Karnataka police had nabbed a person Ghanshaym Das in Durg and seized four valuable stolen idols of lord Mahavir dating several hundred years old.
During interrogation Ghanshyam Das allegedly told Karnataka police that he sold few idols to Shubhas Sancheti, director of Anopchand Tilopchand Durg which he had melted and later Karnataka police seized them. later Sancheti was also arrested, police maintained.
Police said that Ghanshaym Das had sold idols for about `75 lakhs to Sancheti. Karnataka police has arrested Sancheti and presented him in a local court for his transit remand.
The district court gave the transit remand to Karnataka police which has left the State with Sancheti.