RAB says it has information on missing Vishnu statues

Dhaka, Dec 27 (bdprem.com) – The Rapid Action Battalion has obtained information on the whereabouts of two missing Vishnu statues, a senior RAB officer said Thursday morning. "We have information about who took the statues from the airport and the car that was used," additional director general of RAB, Colonel Gulzar Uddin Ahmed, told bdprem.com. Your Ad Here "We've information on the whereabouts of the artefacts," he said, adding that RAB was carrying out an operation to retrieve the statues. Fifteen people have been arrested and placed in remand so far for their alleged roles in the theft of the rare artefacts. Of the arrestees, three were officials of Air France's Dhaka office and seven were cargo loaders. Two statues of Vishnu, which were up for shipment to Paris for display at the Guimet Museum, disappeared from Zia International Airport. The incident came to light Dec 22.