Achi news desk-
Thieves started targeting temples in Sirsa district. In the last four days, cases of theft have occurred in 5 temples. The latest incident is from the Shri Ganesh Temple located in Raniya Main Bazaar.
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Where thieves broke open the donation box of the temple late on Friday night and stole Rs 35,000. This incident of theft was caught in the CCTV camera installed in the temple. Raniyan police station has registered an FIR and started investigating the incident.
theft from a temple donation box
According to the information, Shri Ganesh Temple is located in the Main Bazaar. Late Friday night at 1:05, two youths came near the temple. One youth stood on the main road and the other youth began to break the lock of the temple gate inside the street. After breaking the lock, the second youth entered the temple and after that the first youth also entered the temple. After this both of them started breaking the donation box in the temple.
He escaped with 35,000 rupees
The robbers broke two donation boxes and stole about Rs 35,000 from them and ran away. After coming to know about the incident in the morning, the head of the temple committee, Suresh Singla, informed the police about the incident. When the police reached the spot and checked the CCTV footage installed in the temple, the incident was caught in it. The police say the thieves will be identified soon.
Thief caught on CCTV.
Stealing in the Sanatan Dharma temple as well
At the same time, thieves also committed a crime in the Sanatan Dharma temple located in Talwara Khurd village. The thief tore the donation certificate of the temple and stole Rs 30 thousand. The police have registered a case against unknown persons on the priest’s complaint. In the complaint given to the police, priest Sandeep Kumar said that he closed the temple last night and went to his home after locking it.
The police investigated the case
The next morning when I came to worship, the lock of the temple gate was broken. When I went inside, I found that the lock of the donation box was broken and the donation amount of around Rs 30,000 was also found missing. After this the police were informed of the incident. Police say the mystery will be solved soon.