The police on Thursday said that a thief broke into a temple and decamped with the 'hundi' (cash box) containing Rs 6,000 in Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

The accused, who targeted Radhakrishna Temple in the Khadegolawali area of Kalyan town, is currently lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai in connection with another crime which he committed after the theft at the shrine on the intervening night of July 13-14, said an official while sharing update on the Thane crime.