Trying to sell antiques with Quran verses,four held

According to the official,the arrest came after investigations into a tip-off that Ahmad was in possession of antique bronze plates with inscriptions of the Quran. “We got the information that Ahmed and his accomplices were trying to sell the bronze plates for Rs 2 crore,” the official said. “We got to them when we followed the lead.”

According to the official,a decoy set up a meeting with Ahmed and the police laid a trap near D-Gate of the stadium. “When the four men arrived at the meeting point,we arrested them.”

The police said 24 bronze sheets of the Quran were found in their possession. The suspects failed to give a proper reply for possessing the antique plates during interrogation,the police official said.

“Ahmed told us that his father used to deal in antique items and since he was in need of money,he came to sell these with the help of his driver,one Hameed,and two friends.”

Experts from the Archaeological Survey of India have confirmed that all 24 pieces of bronze plates on which the Quran is written in Kufi script of the Arabic language are antiques.