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2 Arrested for Stealing Idol and Artefacts from Temples
The Statesman Delhi
|April 13, 2025
A team of the Delhi Police has arrested two drug addicts who stole a religious idol and several other artefacts from a temple by breaking its lock in Shahdara's Mansarovar Park area, northeast Delhi, officials said on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Prashant Gautam said, "On April 11, we received a PCR call from the complainant, Shyamlal, a resident of Jyoti Colony, Mansarovar Park. He alleged that someone had stolen an idol along with other religious artifacts from the temple."
This story is from the April 13, 2025 edition of The Statesman Delhi.
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