An incident of theft took place in Jagannathpur temple of Ranchi on Monday night, when thieves took away several important items along with cash from the priest's room inside the temple premises.
The thieves stole Rs 20,000, sound system, pen drive and decorative items from the priest's room in the Jagannathpur temple complex. They carried out the theft in a vicious manner. The thieves entered the priest's room by cutting the window grill with a cutter machine. The surprising thing is that at the place in the temple complex where the priest's room is, the window is at a height from the ground. Despite this, the thieves easily entered inside by cutting the grill of the window and stole it.
On Tuesday morning it was revealed that theft had taken place in the temple premises. This information was given to Dhurva police. Police reached the spot and investigated the temple premises. During this, Dhurva Police Station In-Charge, Vimal Nandan Sinha said that CCTV cameras have been installed in almost part of the Jagannathpur temple complex. The Station In-Charge said that the thieves are being identified with the help of CCTV footage. He said that while the thieves were carrying out the incident, they might have been captured in the CCTV camera. He said that whoever has committed this incident will be arrested soon.
Meanwhile, in another incident a criminal has been murdered in Lalpur police station area. The deceased has been identified as Nitesh Laha. The murder took place two days ago and the dead body was found on Tuesday. The unknown criminals first strangulated Nitish and then slit his throat. Police reached the spot and took custody of the body and sent it for post-mortem.
Nitesh had murdered his wife on July 3, 2021. He had committed that murder over dowry. The police arrested him on July 30, 2022 and sent him to jail. Nitesh had come out of jail on bail only a few days ago. Police have started investigating the case but till now it is not known who has committed the murder and why. However, the accused of murder is being levelled against the mother, brother and brother-in-law of the deceased.
