HR&CE official gets bail in idol theft case

Trichy | Tuesday | 18th December, 2018

Summary:

The additional commissioner was taken to the all woman police station in Kumbakonam and produced before the magistrate on Monday. The magistrate sent her to judicial custody and asked the police to produce her before the court on Monday. Thirumagal was the executive officer of the temple when the renovation work took place. Thirumagal’s counsel Kuppusamy filed a petition seeking bail for her. In his complaint, Narasimhan stated that a peacock idol at the Kapaleeshwarar temple was replaced by another one and several other idols were either stolen or replaced at the time of renovation work carried out in 2004..