Valuables worth lakhs of rupees were burgled from a Banke Bihari temple under Talaiya police station area on Tuesday. The burglars first unlocked the doors and before leaving, locked the doors.
According to the police on Wednesday morning when the priest of the temple Acharya Ramnarayan went to the temple he found that one of the doors was unlocked and on entering the temple he found that that the valuables were missing. Police were informed by the victim and after preliminary investigation a case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC was registered.
Some insider has facilitated the burglary as the doors were opened using keys and were not broken to enter the temple. The temple care takers were not able to confirm the exact amount of loss but have provided a list of the valuables taken away, which is estimated at around Rs 3 lakh.