Biswabrata Goswami
KRISHNAGAR, 9 SEP: A clay artisan of Ghurni under Kotwali police station in Nadia has been arrested by the Bhaktinagar police in Jalpaiguri for allegedly cheating an aged person whom he delivered an idol of Sri Krishna which was not properly made according to their agreement.
A team of Bhaktinagar police station conducted a raid in Ghurni, a famous potters’ hub in Nadia and arrested one Samiran Bag. He will be produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Krishnagar District Judge’s court tomorrow for his transit remand, a police official said.
According to a police official, a retired doctor Shiv Shankar Shastri of Green Valley Apartment under Bhaktinagar police station limits in Jalpaiguri made an agreement on 20 December, 2020 with Bag where he reportedly ordered to make three fiberglass made idols –one of Lord Sri Krishna and two live idols of Mr and Mrs Shastri at the cost of Rs 10 lakh.
But, the accused artisan delivered the idol of Lord Sri Krishna to him on 15 July and he declined to deliver any live idols to him. In the meantime, the accused artisan had already taken Rs 5.5 lakh from Dr Shastri, the police official said.
Within a few days after receiving the Lord Sri Krishna idol, Dr Shastri observed that the idol was not made by fiberglass. He also observed that several cracks were seen on the body parts of the idol. He then called the artisan and asked him to pay back his money which he already disbursed him. But, the accused artisan refused to pay back the money, a complaint read.
Later, Dr Shastri lodged a complaint with Bhaktinagar police against the artisan.
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