Bengal: Idol artisan's workshop set ablaze in Burdwan over alleged police handover of thief

Burdwan, Oct 28 (UNI) An idol artisan's workshop was allegedly set on fire in the Chotonilpur Subhashpalli area of West Bengal's Burdwan town on Tuesday night in retaliation for handing over a suspected thief to the police. The fire gutted several Kali and Jagaddhatri idols, along with materials used for idol-making, at the workshop of artisan Subodh Das. Das broke down after the incident, saying he had already taken advance payments from puja organisers and would struggle to complete the idols before Kali Puja, given the destruction of his materials and the limited time remaining. "I am shattered. I don't…