Brass statuette found in a local pond in Jhenidah Dhaka TribuneSub-Inspector Zoha with the Jhenidah DB police said it was not a gold statuette, but brassRumours of a gold statue led to a kerfuffle in a Jhenidah village on Monday. Shihab, a local youth, was bathing in a local pond with a friend when he felt something metallic against his feet. When Shihab showed the statuette to his parents, word spread around and a team of the Jhenidah Detective Branch police raided his home and confiscated the statuette. Sub-Inspector Zoha with the Jhenidah DB police said it was not a gold statuette, but brass. He said it will be inspected at the office of the district superintendent of police in the presence of local elected officials.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2019 18:56 UTC