Vishnu idol and black stone fragments recovered in Rangpur

The Special Response Battalion (SRB) has recovered a Vishnu idol weighing 15.1 kg and four black stone fragments weighing 6.8 kg during an operation in the South Guptapara area of the city.

SRB-13 Senior Assistant Director (Media) Biplob Kumar Goswami confirmed the matter this morning.

The SRB-13 sources said the operation was conducted on Thursday night on the second floor of the four-storey building owned by AKM Humayun Kabir in South Guptapara of the city.

At that time, three members of an idol smuggling ring were arrested. The arrestees were identified as Mizan, 42, of Guptapara in the city, Mozaffar Hossain, 37, of Nayabazar village under Haragach Police Station and Majedul Islam, 29, of Sonatan Siddik Bazar village under Kaunia Police Station.

The SRB filed a case as the complainant in this connection. The recovered idol, along with the seized evidence and the arrested persons, has been handed over to the concerned police stations for further legal action.