With the arrest of international antique ‘dealer’ Subash Kapoor and his extradition from Germany to stand trial for the theft of 18 priceless idols from two Ariyalur temples (2008), the Tamil Nadu idol wing has broken the backbone of a global network of idol thieves.
Subhash Kapoor, wanted in cases of smuggling priceless Indian idols to the US and Europe, has been brought to Chennai where he awaits trial.
A team of Idol wing police headed by superintendent Z Annie Vijaya landed in Chennai with Kapoor who is suspected to be the kingpin of a smuggling network.
“The biggest network of these idol smugglers is now broken. They had looted the ancient Tamil Nadu temples and made their millions by selling our culture to collectors abroad”, said idol wing IG, R. Arumugam. |
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