Civil society of Jumla has raised questions over the police investigation into the stolen statuette of Hindu deity Dattatreya from Chandannath Temple in November last year.

The Dattatreya statuette was among the 21 items stolen from the temple. While most of the stolen items were recovered from a stream at Depalgaung VDC on January 3, the most valuable of the lot, the century-old idol of Dattatreya, is still unaccounted for.

Raj Bahadur Mahat, a civil society representative, said it was a shame that the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police still did not have any lead concerning the missing idol.

Although the temple priest and another person have been arrested in connection to the incident, police are still clueless about the missing Dattatreya figurine.