Gang involved in various temple thefts held; used to operate for two days only
Gang involved in various temple thefts held; used to operate for two days only
The seventh day was sanctified as Sabbath, the divinely ordained day of rest, according to the Bible.
But, a bunch of thugs chose the weekends to rob the gods instead of rest and pray.
In the net: Members of a gang involved in a series of thefts at temples
across the city in police custody at Tis Hazari court in New Delhi on
Tuesday. PIC/SUBHASH BAROLIA
Mahender Singh, 27, Kulwant Singh alias Kale, 25, Kulwant alias Gole, 22, and Charanjit Singh were arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Tuesday. The four desperados were involved in a series of robberies and thefts at temples across the city.
The quartet used to work on weekends, as majority of devotees throng to temples on these days and consequently the offerings swell. The police said while Mahender and the two Kulwants used to do all the legwork, Charanjit was incharge of selling the booty.
"We had received a tip off that the gang would come to Shahpura to dispose off the stolen items. We arrested them in the evening while they were handing out the stolen goods to Charanjit. They used to work in a planned manner. First a target was identified and before executing the plan the geography of the temple was known inside out to each gang member," a police official said. With their arrest, the police claimed to have worked out at least four temple burglary cases that occurred over last two months.
Mahender was residing in Tilak Nagar while Kale was staying in Rohini Sector-III and Gole in Chander Vihar.
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December 4, 2009: Mahender along with Kale, Gole and Hardeep barged into Sanatan Dharam Mandir and Radha Krishna temple in Mandawali and stole cash and jewellery. |
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