Miscreants targeted Ram temple in South TT Nagar under New Market area and escaped with valuables worth Rs 50,000 from the room of the priest in the temple premises on Saturday. Police said that the valuables were stolen from victim Mukesh's room at temple premises.
A complaint was lodged with the TT Nagar police.The complainant Mukesh in his complaint stated that he along with his wife had gone for walk after having dinner and later they returned and went to sleep. On Saturday, he found that the doors of the temple are open and on entering the valuables were found burgled.
The complainant claimed that one silver idol, three silver glass and a wrist watch were stolen. In the burglary Rs 4,000 cash were also stolen in the burglary.
The total loss in the burglary is around Rs 50,000 claimed the complaint.
Police said that the miscreants were aware of the victim. Police said that CCTV footages would be searched in the further investigation.
locals would be questioned to nab the miscreants. The complainant is priest and lives with his family inside the premises. The valuables inside the temple were not targeted which raises suspicion that the miscreants might have targeted the victim due to some kind of enmity. The acquaintances would be quizzed in the further investigation.
The victims remained asleep during the burglary which suggests that the miscreants might have used sleep inducing chemicals to make them unconscious.