Idol Theft Case

The issue pertains to three missing antique idols from the famous Kapaleeshawarar Temple, Mylapore.

The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved orders on petitions challenging a Tamil Nadu government order transferring the probe into idol theft cases to CBI as it orally observed that the decision amounted to contempt of court since a court-appointed team was investigating the matter.

TVS Motor Company's chairman Venu Srinivasan today moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an idol theft case.

Tamil Nadu Police's Idol Wing on Friday gave an undertaking to the Madras High Court that it would not arrest TVS Motor Company's Chairman Venu Srinivasan, for a period of six weeks in connection with an idol theft case.

Cracking the antique idol theft case within days, the city police on Monday arrested three persons and recovered the 2.5 foot dancing Nataraja idol, stated to be worth more than Rs 3 crore.

Twenty-eight years after an idol was stolen from an ancient temple at Allahabad, a Delhi court has still not been able to frame charges in the case against the accused, including an international project consultant, for trading in antique items.

The issue pertains to three missing antique idols from the famous Kapaleeshawarar Temple, Mylapore.

The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved orders on petitions challenging a Tamil Nadu government order transferring the probe into idol theft cases to CBI as it orally observed that the decision amounted to contempt of court since a court-appointed team was investigating the matter.

TVS Motor Company's chairman Venu Srinivasan today moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an idol theft case.

Tamil Nadu Police's Idol Wing on Friday gave an undertaking to the Madras High Court that it would not arrest TVS Motor Company's Chairman Venu Srinivasan, for a period of six weeks in connection with an idol theft case.

Cracking the antique idol theft case within days, the city police on Monday arrested three persons and recovered the 2.5 foot dancing Nataraja idol, stated to be worth more than Rs 3 crore.

Twenty-eight years after an idol was stolen from an ancient temple at Allahabad, a Delhi court has still not been able to frame charges in the case against the accused, including an international project consultant, for trading in antique items.