Kendrapada: Police have busted a gang concerned in theft of idols and recovered 9 idols of treasured stones from their possession in Odisha’s Kendrapada district.

Talking to media concerning the gang, Kendrapada SDPO on Friday mentioned the gang was busted whereas the police have been investigating a case of theft {of electrical} tools.

As per the case, {an electrical} engineer had filed a grievance at Marsaghai police station stating {that electrical} tools price greater than Rs 50 lakh had been stolen from a website on January 21. A particular workforce was shaped to analyze the case on the order of Kendrapada SP.

Throughout investigation, the workforce may know {that a} automotive was used within the crime. Throughout questioning, automotive proprietor Narayan Behera of Kundapatna village underneath Kisan Nagar police station revealed about involvement of two different individuals of the identical village – Prabhas Sahu and Jyoti Prakash Behera – within the crime.

As per the revelation made by Prabhas and Jyoti, police carried out a raid on the home of Hemant Nayak of Bhatimunda village and recovered the stolen electrical tools.

The SDPO mentioned through the raid, the police workforce stumbled upon 9 idols made from ‘Astadhatu’ (8 treasured metals) from Nayak’s home and seized these. Six individuals have been arrested on this connection, he added.

He additionally mentioned it has come to gentle from preliminary investigation that the gang was concerned in stealing treasured idols from throughout the state. The arrested individuals have divulged the names of different individuals related to them. Although the locations from the place the seized idols have been stolen haven’t been ascertained, additional investigation is on, he added.