Thieves strike in temple and take three ‘golaks’

Three unknown thieves barged into the Mata Naina Devi temple in Shimlapuri and committed theft on Monday evening. Interestingly, when the suspects did not open the donation boxes (golaks), they took them away on a cart.

The temple management committee informed Shimlapuri police after coming to know about the theft. The police filed a report on Tuesday and launched an investigation into the matter.

Dr. Avinash, member of the committee, said he received a call from his acquaintance Luv Kumar, who informed him that the lock of the main gate of the temple was found broken. He, along with other committee members, was shocked to see that three golaks were missing.

When the CCTV cameras installed in the area were checked, they found that three unidentified persons had broken the lock of the temple and taken away three donation boxes containing around Rs 45,000. The faces of the miscreants were not completely covered.

ASI Hemant Kumar said that based on the CCTV footage, an investigation was initiated and the thieves would be arrested soon.