Guwahati: Assam police arrested five suspects and found a fake gold statue of Jesus Christ and biscuits in two separate operations on Friday in Nagaon and Sonitpur districts.
Three people were taken into custody in Nagaon after the police started an operation at the Namdoboka Pathar area under the Doboka police station and found a fake gold statue of Jesus Christ there that weighed 1.700kg.
According to officials, the operation was carried out using intelligence inputs.
“We have recovered one fake gold statue of Jesus Christ and arrested three persons. The arrested have been identified as Aslam Talukdar, Zubair Hussain and Iqbal Hussain. Our investigation is on,” the police officer said.
In another incident, Sonitpur police arrested two persons and recovered a fake gold biscuit from the Salanibari area.
The arrested persons were identified as Ikramul Hussain and Jamal Ali.
Further investigation is underway.