The MRA Marg police now suspect that the famous painting by S H Raza that was reported to have been stolen from an auction house might have been misplaced. After the registration of the FIR, the police team dedicated to solving the mystery of the missing painting are struggling to make headway owing to lack of leads in the case. The police have recorded the statements of nine individuals so far and have found nothing suspicious.

The matter came to light when Siddhant Shetty, the manager of AstaGuru Pvt Ltd, an auction house based in south Mumbai, approached the police to register an FIR after the painting had gone missing from the auction house. The painting titled Prakriti by Padma Vibhushan is said to be worth R2.5 crore and was last seen in Astaguru’s warehouse in 2022.