2ft Perumal idol found in police station stockroom

Tiruvarur: Police found a two-foot metal idol of lord

Perumal

stuffed in a gunny bag inside a stockroom of Mannargudi town police station. As there was no mention of it in the records at the station, they handed over the idol to revenue officials for further investigation.

According to the police, the idol was found wrapped in a plastic sheet in a bag when a few police personnel were cleaning the stockroom on Saturday night. Police reported this to the inspector Rajendran who rushed to the station and inspected the stone idol which seemed to be that of lord Perumal.

As they were clueless on the idol, they checked all the station records checking whether there was any mention of the idol in them. However, they found nothing that could relate to the idol or any cases thereof. After informing the deputy superintendent of police Mannargudi Karthik, inspector Rajendran handed over the two-foot idol made of metal to Mannargudi tahsildar Karthi at his office on Sunday. The revenue officials are determining whether the idol was made up of panchaloha or some other metal and the period of the idol.

Mannargudi town police have registered a case and are investigating.