Guwahati: Altogether 42 items used in worship and metal idols have been fished out from the Brahmaputra here, top police officials said.
Idols of gods and goddesses, lamps, conches, temple door latches were retrieved from the river near Uzan Bazar- Umananda ferry ghat on Saturday while an iron statue was recovered on Sunday.
Personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been engaged for carrying out underwater searches, an official from Latasil police station said.
Guwahati Commissioner of Police Deepak Kumar told reporters that an enquiry was on to find out how the objects made its way to the Brahmaputra, and whether the articles were stolen from temples.
Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, who visited the site on Sunday, said that he has called for investigations to find out how and from where the articles made its way to the river.
The discovery of the puja items was made accidentally by an employee of a tea stall, near the ferry ghat. The person, identified as Sanu Ali, said while bathing near the river bank, he received injuries on his feet, caused by sharp objects under the water. On taking a dip, Ali found an idol of Lord Shiva and suspecting it to be a stolen item, he informed the police.
The police personnel asked him and two locals to conduct a search operation under water. The three men fished out idols of Kali, Shiva, Krishna, Brahma, Tara Devi, Buddha, Ganesh, Laxmi, Radha- Krishna. (PTI)
