November 16, 2024 3:42 PM

1,440 smuggled antiquities seized by US authorities returned to India

Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg has returned to India 1,440 antiquities, including sacred temple sculptures that had been smuggled to the US. The artefacts were returned at a ceremony held at India’s Consulate General, represented by Consul Manish Kulhary. Alexandra de Armas, the Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Group Supervisor, handed them over, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. “We will continue to investigate the many trafficking networks that have targeted Indian cultu...