The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday 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.

IO Shoeb Imtiaz preserved the pieces as evidence of the case.

RAB and police still continued their hunt to arrest Abbas and driver Nasir, the two main suspects of the heist.

According to the police, the motive behind the stealing would be unfolded fast if Abbas is arrested, police said.

Earlier RAB recovered the 27 pieces from Boliarpur garbage dump near Aminbazar in Savar on Thursday and Friday.

The National Museum authorities confirmed that the recovered pieces were that of the two stolen statues.

Meanwhile, the RAB completed their search in this regard. But the search for the remaining pieces of the statues by Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) cleaners was still on.

Acting on the confessional statements made by the 10 suspects arrested on Wednesday. RAB conducted its search at the Boliarpur garbage dump on Thursday and Friday.

The arrested confessed to taking the statues to a house at Uttara after those were stolen from the Zia International Airport on December 21.

Scared by the massive hunt, they later broke the statues into pieces and threw into a dustbin beside the house.

Later, the unsuspecting DCC cleaners removed the garbage and dumped those in Boliapur garbage dump.