Case filed against user who placed ad selling Statue of Unity on OLX: Report

A case has been registered against an unknown person in Gujarat who had placed an ad to ‘sell’ the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya in Narmada district on OLX, according to media reports.

An unknown user from Gujarat had placed an ad selling the Statue of Unity for ₹30,000 crore on OLX, an online trading platform for second-hand goods last week.

The user had claimed to sell the memorial statue to raise funds for health services and equipment to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

The original listing on OLX had later been taken down. A screenshot of the listing had also been posted to social media platform Reddit has also now been taken down.