Chhattisgarh Police arrested a 34-year-old man for trying to sell seven artworks carved on ivory valued at Rs 5.12 lakhs in Mahasamund district, police said on Monday.
The arrested man, Sonu Mittal, hails from Khariyar Road in Odisha and lived in Shriram Colony in Mahasamund town, Mahasamund Additional Superintendent of Police Megha Tembhurkar said.
He was nabbed while looking for customers for the artefacts near Shani temple.
Mittal told the police that he brought the artworks from Patnagarh town in Odisha’s Balangir district.
A case under the Wildlife Protection Act has been lodged against Mittal.