Police foil bid to export antique stone idol from Chennai to Germany
The Hindu
The stone idol of Lord Ram, was found at the premises of a shipping company; it is believed to be worth ₹ 1 crore
Officers of the Idol Wing CID detected an attempt to illegally export a stone idol, which is believed to be an antique, from Chennai to Germany.
On Friday, based on an anonymous tip received by the Idol Wing CID police personnel in Chennai, on the orders of the Additional Director General of Police, K. Jayanth Murali, a special team of police conducted a search at the premises of SASL Shipping Private Ltd in Alandur. During the search, an antique stone idol of Lord Ram measuring about 2 feet in height and 28 cm in breadth, with a pedestal, was found concealed. Further enquiries revealed that the stone idol was intended to be exported abroad by air. The shipping firm could not provide any legal and valid explanation or any document for their possession of this antique idol, police said.