Statue recovered
Police recovered a statue from Hazipur village at Chowmuhani under Begumganj upazila of the district in the small hours of yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided several places and later recovered the statue from a bamboo cluster near the house of one Taj Uddin Sardar. Sub Inspector (SI) Ibrahim Khalil of Begumganj police station said, a gang in the village is involved in smuggling of archaeological materials including touchstone statue. Recently one Abul had a feud with Abdul Mannan of Taltala village over the statue. The statue has been sent to archaeology department for examination, the SI added. None was arrested as the statue was found in an abandoned condition.
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