A special team of the Idol Wing CID recently arrested nine persons in connection with the seizure of three metal idols that were meant for illegal sale.
The idols, recovered at Pudukottai town, were those of Gaja Samahara Moorthy, Goddess Sivagami Amman and Usnisa Vijaya Dharani, a goddess of Buddhism worshipped in Nepal and Tibet.
The temples from which the idols were stolen and the period to which they belong are yet to be ascertained. The Idol Wing CID received information about the activities of gangs selling idols in Chennai, Pudukottai, Tiruchi, Madurai and Kumbakonam. A special team headed by Additional Superintendent of Police G. Balamurugan was formed, as per an order of the Additional Director General of Police, Idol Wing CID,Shailesh Kumar Yadav.
