3 touchstone statues seized, 8 held in Faridpur, Sirajganj

26 November 2009, 17:00 PM

Star National Desk

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Faridpur and Sirajganj districts has recovered three touchstone statues and arrested eight people. Our Correspondent in Faridpur reports: Rab-8 seized two touchstone statues and arrested six people in separate raids at Saltha and Boalmari upazilas early yesterday and on Wednesday. Rab sources said, a Rab team raided the house of Shibnath Ghosh of Daharnagar village under Boalmari upazila yesterday and recovered a Krishno statue weighing around 2.4 kg. In another raid on Wednesday, they recovered a white stone of Budhha weighing around 6.5 kg from the house of Yunus Sheikh of Sajjankanda village under Saltha upazila. They also arrested Shibnath Ghosh, Arun Kumar Sarkar, Mahbubur Rahman, Abdur Rob Sheikh, Yunus Sheikh and Joynal Abedin in this connection. The recovered statues and the arrestees were handed over to local police. Separate cases were filed with Saltha and Boalmari police stations. Our Correspondent in Sirajganj reports: Rab-12 arrested two people along with a touchstone statue of Lord Vishnu worth around Tk 10 crore from Chengtia village in Ullapara upazila on Tuesday night. The arrestees are Serajul Islam Fakir, 37, of Chengtia village in Ullapra and Surjo Mohanto, 38, of Sherpur upazila in Bogra district. According to Rab, a special team of Rab-12 led by deputy additional director (DAD) Abu Bakkar and Abdul Quader Mir raided Chengtia village and arrested the two along with the precious statue. A case was lodged with Ullapra police station in this connection.