When the matter became public, police went to the spot and recovered it this afternoon.
The height of the statue is 3 feet and its width is 1.3 feet and it weighs about 30kg. It is being kept at the police station till filing of this report, the OC said.
UNO Abdul Karim informed that the statue will be handed over to Directorate of Archaeology through the district administration.
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