A task force recovered two touchstone statues from Bholahat in Chapainawabganj district on Monday afternoon.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sources said, a taskforce comprising Bholahat Upazila Nirbahi Officer, BGB members, Daldali UP chairman and Bholahat police conducted a raid in Puratan Boraipara Amridaing area under Daldali union in Bholahat upazila in the district at around 3 pm and recovered an idol of Parbati (Durga) weighing 82.400 kg and an another statue weighing 69.500 kg worth about Taka 1.51crore.
Later, the statues were deposited with the government treasury to be transferred to the Regional Archaeology Department, the sources added.
