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[Aditya Raj Baul]

Thieves steal five idols from Jain temple


TNN, Aug 3, 2010, 10.11pm IST
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Surat: Thieves struck at a Jain temple by breaking the locks of its
two doors at Gopipura here in the wee hours of Tuesday and fled away
with five panchdhatu idols of Tirthankar worth Rs 12,300, police said.

When the devotees and the priest entered the temple premises, they
found the lock of the temple door broken. On checking, they found five
panchdhatu idols missing from the temple.

Surprisingly, the thieves did not steal the silver crowns on the idols
which were taken by them. It is suspected that the thieves took the
idols to be of gold and hence left behind the silver crowns.

The temple is located at the densely populated Gopiputa Kajinu Maidan
near Gopipura crossroads. The area has many narrow lanes and any noise
in the temple can alert the residents too. However, the burglars still
managed to steal the idols without getting caught.

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