A group that smuggled expensive sandalwood inspired by the movie Pushpa was arrested.
Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura have arrested a gang of smugglers who were allegedly smuggling red sandalwood, inspired by the hit Telugu film 'Pushpa'.
In this film, the hero Pushpa Raj is a laborer who smuggles expensive sandalwood from the state of Andhra Pradesh with the help of his friends.
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However, according to local media, in this true story, one of the accused also had an MBA, but he was unemployed before becoming a smuggler.
On Monday, the police received information from an informant that smugglers were smuggling red sandalwood from another state in a car to be sold at high prices to nearby religious institutions.
According to the details received by the police along with the forest department, a check post was set up and seven smugglers were arrested.
The search for four more is on. These accused belong to different states of India. The police recovered about 563 kg of sandalwood, worth around Rs 1 crore, from the gang.
According to the police statement, the investigation revealed that these men, after watching the movie Pushpa, decided to form
a group to illegally smuggle sandalwood from (the southern state of) Andhra Pradesh at exorbitant prices. but were supplying to the religious places of Mathura and surrounding areas.
