Miscreants targeted a temple at Income Tax colony under Kamla Nagar police area and escaped with a gold crown worth Rs 3.37 lakh in the wee hours on Friday.
According to the police the complainant Ravindra Giri found that the gold crown worth Rs 3.37 lakh was burgled from the temple.
The complainant is priest with Pitambar Baghlamukhi Mandir which was targeted by miscreant.
A complaint was lodged with the Kamla Nagar police and in his complaint he stated that he went to sleep at around 12.30 in the night and later found that the gold crown was missing.
The complainant told the police that when he went to answer nature’s call at around 3.30 in the night door of his room was locked from outside due to which he back door to reach toilet. Before going to bed, he along with his son offered Puja and locked the doors of the temple.
Police said that except the gold crown nothing was burgled from the temple which suggests that the miscreant were aware of the gold crown.
The complainant lives in the temple premises and at around 5 am his mother-in-law found that the locks were broken and crown was missing from the temple and she raised alarm the family came to know that the crown was burgled.
The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The nearby CCTV cameras would be searched which could help in the investigation.