Saffronart Auction

The price surpasses the previous record held by M F Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra), which had sold for over ₹118 crore last year to Delhi-based collector and philanthropist Kiran Nadar

Rare books, prints, maps, photographs and letters capturing India's journey through time go under the hammer

The rare edition of Indian Constitution, which contains printed signatures of its makers, including Dr BR Ambedkar, is one of only 1,000 copies made by the Survey of India Offices in Dehradun

Works of Raja Ravi Varma and Tyeb Mehta lead sales, with 89% lots sold

Items were expected to fetch Rs 50 lakh

Modi, who has allegedly defrauded state-run Punjab National Bank of over Rs 14,000 crore, is currently lodged in a British jail

This is the second time a government agency has roped in Saffronart to recover some of the money siphoned off by Nirav.

The estimated price of Gaitonde's rare, Untitled painting is Rs 4 crore to Rs 6 crore