Just recently we had informed you about a man in Gujarat who did something unimaginable. Well, he tried to sell the Statue Of Unity for Rs 30,000 crore on OLX. No, he was not high. 

The most interesting thing about this, though, was his reason to put up such an ad online. He mentioned âurgent money required for Hospitals & Healthcare equipmentâ as the reason for sale.

The money, he said, was required to fight against the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus. 

Now, an FIR has been lodged against him.

The memorial to Sardar Patel, at 182 metres, is the world's tallest such structure and has attracted several lakh people since it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. 

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"Some unknown person placed an advertisement on OLX on Saturday stating he needs to sell the Statue of Unity for Rs 30,000 crore to meet the requirement of money to buy hospitals and healthcare equipment," PTI quoted a Kevadiya police station official, who said quoting the FIR.

"The memorial's authorities came to know of the issue after a newspaper ran an article, and approached the police. A cheating and forgery case was registered under IPC, Epidemic Diseases Act and Information Technology Act," Inspector PT Chaudhary told the news agency.

Soon after it was made available online, the advertisement was taken off the website.

"Despite him not being authorised to sell government property, this unidentified person posted the advertisement on OLX to defame the government and mislead people," PTI quoted a release from the chief administrator of the Statue of Unity.

Furthermore, the release added that such an advertisement hurts the sentiments of the several crore of people who idolise Sardar Patel.

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