Its weight is ten kilograms and nine hundred grams. The police & local residents said, “A month ago, the six-bigha pond of Mamurshahi Dakhil Madrasah has been excavated. At that time soil from digging the pond is piled in the adjacent agricultural land of Ferdous Alam also.”
“Two local children were playing next to that land on Saturday afternoon. At one stage, when the people of the village were informed about the statue, they quickly came to the spot and reported the truth to the police station.Later, the police came and recovered the stone statue and took it to the police station.” they added.
Shaheb Ali, Ibrahim Hossain, a local resident, said the statue was covered in a heap of mud.But in the rains of the last two days, it came out.First two children saw and informed them. After that, when the news was given to the police station, the police came and recovered the statue and took it to the police station. The weight of the statue is ten kilograms and nine hundred grams.The estimated value of which is more than fifty taka.
Sub-inspector (SI) Rabiul Islam admitted the truth of the incident and said,”The statue has been recovered after receiving the information given by the locals. It is about a foot and a half in length and very beautiful statue. It is completely intact.”
“Further action will be taken as per the court’s direction regarding the recovered Vishnu idol.” he added.