Three temples looted in Kendrapara, Rs 10 lakh price ornaments stolen
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By Express News Service
KENDRAPARA: In a midnight heist, miscreants struck three temples inside Aul police limits in Kendrapara district and decamped with gold and silver ornaments and different articles of the deities price round Rs 10 lakh on Monday.
The theft befell in Ram temple at Juania, Krishna temple at Gobindapur and Mangala temple at Baramatia. As per studies, the thieves additionally stole money by breaking the donation packing containers within the three shrines.
The housebreaking got here to note when the servitors reopened the temples for each day rituals on Tuesday morning and located ornaments and different belongings of the deities lacking. After FIRs had been filed, police launched an investigation.
Aul IIC Dilip Sahoo mentioned police has fashioned a particular group to research the thefts and video footage of close by areas are being examined for very important clues. “It appears to be handiwork of thieves who are experts in carrying out thefts in religious places. Efforts are on to nab the accused. Temple priests and locals do not rule out ‘insider’ involvement,” he mentioned.
On February 19, an identical heist befell in Lakshmi Varaha Jew temple in Aul the place Ashtadhatu idol of Radha-Krishna and different brass idols had been stolen from the sanctum sanctorum.
