Six arrested for attempting to sell fake Panchaloha Lakshmi idol, stone in Hyderabad

The arrested accused along along with the seized materials on Sunday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Six persons, including an astrologer, were arrested while they were attempting to sell a fake Panchaloha idol of Goddess Lakshmi and a stone by claiming that they possessed divine and fortune-bringing powers, the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force said on Sunday.The Jubilee Hills Zone Task Force, along with Mailardevpally police, apprehended the six at Laxmiguda in Katedan on Saturday (August 15) and seized the fake idol, a pink-coloured stone, an SUV, five mobile phones, three bottles containing an unidentified liquid and two red towels.The accused were identified as Kethavath Raju alias Katappa, 38, Vadathya Kumar, 34, Praveen Singh, 34, Mangali Basava Naresh, 38, P. Narsimha, 45, and Ch