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PALGHAR: Two unidentified persons allegedly stole 16 octo-alloy idols of deities collectively worth Rs 1.58 lakh from a Jain temple at Virar in Maharashtra s Palghar district, police said on Thursday.
The incident, which took place around 2.30 am on Wednesday, has been captured on the CCTV cameras installed at the temple, they said. The two thieves broke into the Shree Sambhavnath Jain temple during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday after scaling the compound wall, and decamped with 16 ashtadhatu (octo-alloy) idols worth Rs 1.58 lakh, a police official said.
Based on the complaint lodged by the temple priest and the trustees, Virar police have registered an offence.