Posted by: wiz_kid April 4, 2005
400-year idol stolen in Nepal
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How can be possible ....without big polital hasti involvement...??? they start doing the same thing back in panchayet ERA.... ============================= A 17th-century idol of Shankar Narayan was stolen from the heavily guarded Pashupatinath temple in Nepal Sunday night. Pashupatinath temples is one of the seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in the Kathmandu Valley. Even though a police beat is situated nearby, nobody came to know about the theft of the two-and-a-half feet tall idol until a construction worker reported it to the police. "I noticed that the idol was not in its place at mid-night and I immediately informed the police," the worker told reporters Monday. The 17th-century granite idol of Shankar Narayan had been laying exactly on the right side of the main gate of the Pashupatinath temple, the worker said on condition of anonymity. Police personnel are responsible for the security on the premises for the temple. Besides the five-member police beat, the Pashupati Area Development Trust has deployed 18 securitymen for maintaining security around the temple. Police have taken around 30 persons into custody for interrogation, revealed Shekhar Koirala, an inspector at a local police office http://english.people.com.cn/200504/04/eng20050404_179396.html
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