Ivory idol of Gautam Buddha recovered

New Delhi, Feb 26 (UNI) The Delhi Police has recovered an ivory idol of Lord Buddha from a resident of Chandigarh,in the Jama Masjid area of Old Delhi.

Weighing about 1.7 Kg, the idol, whose cost estimated about Rs 50 lakh in the international market, was seized from one Lakhvinder Singh, a resident of Chandigarh, when he had come to strike a deal in the Jama Masjid area on February 22, police said.

Interrogation of Lakhwinder revealed that he had struck a deal of the ivory idol for Rs 50 lakh.

The idol is about 8 inches high.

UNI