DRI arrests antique sculpture smuggler in Delhi

MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Delhi-based smuggler and recovered some antique sculptures from him, an official said on Monday. “We intercepted Nityanand Ompal in Delhi and recovered an antique Lord Ganesh sculpture and two other antique head sculptures from him,” the official said. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had informed the DRI that the sculptures dated 8th century AD seemed to have been stolen from various archaeological sites in Central India. –PTI