Five arrested on charge of idol theft

March 15, 2014 04:50 pm | Updated May 19, 2016 08:56 am IST - Bangalore:

The Byatrayanapura police arrested five persons on the charge of stealing a panchaloha idol on Tuesday. The arrested were identified as Gangadaraiah, Shivalingaiah, Chandrashekhar, Krishna and Koti Chandrashekhar, all from Bangalore. They were produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.

Police estimate that the idol could be about 500 years old.

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