Magh Krushnapaksha 7, Kaliyug Varsha 5114
Indore: Unidentified miscreants struck at three different temples situated under Annapurna area and decamped with booty worth lakhs of rupees late on Saturday night.
The thieves targeted Sai Mandir and Sri Ram Mandir situated in the vicinity of Bank Colony and also broke open the locks of a Shiv Mandir situated in adjacent, Vishwakarma Colony. The incident came to fore when locals thronged the temples to offer their morning prayers and discovered the theft.
Following this, a team of Annapurna police reached the spot and took stock of the situation but found no vital clue about the miscreants. The police suspect that the thefts were committed under the influence of drugs or alcoholic substance by some local miscreants, who were aware that the area was quite deserted with inadequate lights arrangement. The thieves made away with donation boxes and other valuables from both the temples situated in Bank Colony but no valuable was found missing from Vishwakarma Colony’s temple.
As the news of theft spread in the area, local residents gathered outside the temples and registered their protest against the incidents.
The residents accused police of negligence as there was no police patrolling in the area. The locals warned police of soon arrest and stern actions against the thieves or they would stage a demonstration against the department.
A case was registered at Annapurna police station and further investigation was underway. Over a dozen temples, gurudwaras and shrines situated in different parts of the city have been barged in last one month. Besides, thefts in eight temples situated in Annapurna, Chandan Nagar, Rajendra Nagar and Hira Nagar have been reported in last five days.
The incidents have raised a question mark over the claims of the police about night patrolling. The police even could not ascertain the identity of the miscreants involved in any of these thefts.
Sources : Daily Bhaskar
