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  • Finally, CCTV vigil at Chatra’s ancient Lemboiya temple

    The ancient temple on Lemboiya hill of Pathalgadda of Chatra district finally gets CCTV cameras on Wednesday. A devotee Deepak Kumar Chandravanshi donated six high definition cameras. Total five thefts were reported here with the last one on Sunday where the thieves laid their hands on the silver crown, mang tikka and other ornaments.

    The temple committee brought new ornaments performing special puja for the 8th century idol of Maa Dakshineshwari Bhagwati Devi Chamunda temple. The temple committee members also agreed to guard the temple jointly to put a check on any wrong activities here.

    The old silver crown and other ornaments were stolen on the wee hours of Sunday with police struggling hard to get any clue of the thieves.

    Chandravanshi who is resident of Singhani village said the CCTV cameras have been installed inside the temple as well as in areas around the temple. “Total six cameras were installed and connected with Wi-Fi facility. Now, the priests can keep an eye on all the activities here round the clock,” added he.

    Now including the temple committee members, shop owners selling puja paraphernalia agreed to guard the temple as well. Three members will remain in the night here now, the temple committee members informed.

    About this temple, priests said it is a shaktipeeth where it was believed that the eyelids of Sati had fallen here.

    So far, five thefts have been committed here in this temple. In 2017, a theft was reported where the police caught Saurabh Tiwary, son of a priest and upon his confession, all ornaments were recovered. The temple committee is trying since then but failed to get the recovered ornaments from the police yet.

    Committee’s vice president Yogeshwar Prasad said the matter is in the court and they are trying to get the ornaments.

    Meanwhile, police had searched the entire hill area to get clues related to thieves. Pathalgadda police station officer-in-charge Avinash Kumar said the investigation is going on to nab the thieves. “I urge people to co-operate and if having any information about thieves then inform us,” he added.

  • Silver and gold ornaments stolen from Lemboiya temple in Chatra

    Thieves broke into the ancient Maa Dakshineshwari Bhagwati Devi Chamunda temple in Pathalgadda block of Chatra on Sunday and stole the silver crown and other gold ornaments on the black stone idol of Goddess Lemboiya.

    Temple committee members informed Pathalgadda police as soon as they came to know of the crime, and an FIR was lodged.

    Situated on the Lemboiya hill, the temple is several centuries old. Currently, it is being renovated and the thieves took this opportunity to enter the temple through the ventilator.

    Priests said that when they opened the temple door, they found the crown and other gold and silver ornaments missing from the idol.

    Temple committee members – Basudev Tiwary, Dhanushdhari Ram Dangi and Bakeshwar Dangi – said they found the main gate of the temple locked. The thieves entered through a ventilator and escaped with silver crown and ornaments worth lakhs. Other than the silver crown, a gold maang tikka, a gold netra (eye) were stolen. We want immediate arrest of the thieves, they added.

    Officer-in-charge of Pathalgadda police station, Avinash Kumar, who reached the temple soon after getting the information, assured the temple committee members and local residents. He said the investigation started and thieves will be nabbed soon.

    The theft has sparked anger in the area as local people claimed that the temple was targeted thrice in the past and ornaments were stolen. The police, however, failed to crack the earlier cases.