Delhi Police arrested Parmar and his cousin Tarun Harvodiya from Kolkata on November 13 and seized 15 shawls from them. Harvodiya hid in the basement and Parmar left with other visitors when the staff locked the museum. Once he collected all the marked shawls, Harvodiya broke open a window and made an exit. “The cousins were later arrested from different hotels of Kolkata while Sheikh was arrested at their instance after interrogation,” he added. The shawls were bought between 1959 and 1967 from Kashmir for Rs 24,829, an official in the textile ministry said.

Source: Hindustan Times November 24, 2017 04:28 UTC