Three silver idols worth Rs 40,000 were taken from a temple in the Dombivli area of Thane district, Maharashtra. The event occurred at the Shiva temple in Bhoirwadi, Khambalpada, about 1 pm on Thursday.

The theft is suspected to have been carried out by an unnamed woman. The temple caretaker filed a complaint with the Tilak Nagar police station in Dombivli East, triggering the registration of a case against the suspect under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 379 (stealing), a report in PTI stated.