Kaykobad Milon
A Turkish businessman was arrested for trying to sell Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s priceless knife made out of elephant’s teeth. The businessman was only known as K. K. He was planning to sell Gaddafi’s knife to a Saudi businessman for $10million. According to press TV, The knife is worth Tk. 80 crore now. Istanbul’s national news sources informed on Monday that those two smugglers were arrested afterwards. That Turkish resident bought that knife which is engraved with a variety of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires three months earlier from Libya. Even though he bought it with 4.6 million dollars, this knife was stolen from Gaddafi’s palace in 2011.
Translated by: Maisha Mahbub