Stolen Vishnu artefacts handed over to IO

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Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Saturday handed over 27 recovered pieces of the two stolen artefacts of Hindu god 'Vishnu' to the investigation officer (IO) of the stealing case as evidence, reports UNB.
RAB recovered the 27 pieces from Boliapur garbage dump near Aminbazar at Savar Thursday and Friday noon.
IO SI Manu Soheb Imtiaj preserved the pieces as alamat (evidence) of the case.
Earlier, the National Museum authorities confirmed that the recovered pieces were that of the two stolen statues.
Meanwhile, the elite force completed their search in this connection, but the search for the remaining pieces of the statues by Dhaka City Corporation cleaners was still on.
Acting on the confessional statements made by the 10 suspects arrested Wednesday, RAB conducted its search at the Boliapur garbage dump Thursday and Friday.
The arrested confessed to taking the statues to a house at Uttara after those were stolen from the airport on December 21.
Scared by the massive hunt, they later broke the statues into pieces and threw those into a dustbin beside the house.
Later, the unsuspecting DCC cleaners removed the garbage and dumped those in Boliapur garbage dump.