Miscreants strike at 3 temples in Sulur, steal gold and cash

Coimbatore | Thursday | 13th December, 2018

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He found that the lock was broken open and a silver crown weighing 1kg and gold ornaments were missing. Police are trying to ascertain whether the same miscreants are involved in all the incidents. Coimbatore: Unidentified people have broken into three temples in Sulur and decamped with gold ornaments worth Rs 1.5 lakh, a silver crown worth Rs 40,000 and Rs 50,000 cash on Tuesday night.The incident came to light when the priest of Venkatesa Perumal Temple at Sengathurai came to open the shrine on Wednesday morning. He immediately alerted the temple authorities, who called police.When police reached the spot, it was found that gold and money from two more temples were stolen in a similar fashion. Temple burglaries have become frequent in Sulur in the past weeks..