Jaipur:
Jaipur police have arrested two persons allegedly involved in the illegal trade of idols from Kalwar Road. Acting on a tip-off, the police laid a trap to nab Mukesh Saini and Mahendra Jangir who came to city to sell the ivory idols.
After preliminary investigation, police said the duo got these idols from Jhunjhunu district and were trying to sell them for lakhs of rupees.
"The duo [Saini and Jangir] fell in the trap, laid by the police. During initial interrogation, the duo revealed that they bought these five ivory idols from a person in Jhunjhunu district. He [the person] in turn had smuggled these idols from Kolkata," they said.
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