Police seize two antique idols
The Hindu
Seven persons, including kingpin of idol smuggling, held by special team
The Idol Wing police seized idols of Meenakshi and Rishabadevar and arrested seven persons, including Karthik of Chennai, the mastermind behind idol smuggling.
A special team headed by Superintendent of Police Rajaram went to Melmaruvathur in Kancheepuram district based on a tip-off that some idols could be smuggled out of Sithaamur early on Sunday.
The police team, posing as buyers, gained the confidence of the idol smugglers and the gang brought the Meenakshi amman idol on a two- wheeler.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which had complained about disturbances caused to people residing in the localities around the National Public School situated in Rajajinagar 5th block due to use of loudspeakers with high volume in the school and parking of school buses in residential areas.












