Stolen Shivaji Statue Found in San Jose Scrap Yard

HI INDIA NEWS DESK
SAN JOSE, CA- A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj which went missing from a public park in San Jose, California last month has been found. According to Mercury News one of its reporters found the statue next to a soda machine in the lobby of Tung Tai Group, a San Jose metal scrapyard north of downtown. Workers at the scrapyard told Mercury News two men and one woman came to the site at 1726 Rogers Ave on Jan 29 to drop off the sculpture, but did not provide a more detailed description of the trio. The statue was first brought to the city in 1999 as a symbol of friendship between San Jose and its sister city of Pune located in western India.