Police has achieved a major success in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. Three youths who had come to a wedding ceremony here had wiped their hands on the ancient idols of the temple. The surprising thing is that without the help of any surveillance or SOG, the police not only revealed the theft in just 72 hours, but also arrested the criminals with a reward of Rs 25,000 each and recovered the idols.
The matter is of Purva Panwadi village of Ajnar police station area, where idols were stolen from the years old Ram Janaki temple on the night of 28 February. This incident caused great anger and sorrow among the villagers, because this temple was the center of faith in the area.
Conspiracy hatched after attending the wedding
According to Superintendent of Police Prabal Pratap Singh, this theft was not planned by any professional criminal, but by three young men who had come to a wedding ceremony. The accused Sachin Rajput (19 years), Jitendra Rajput (25 years) and Shyam Sundar Rajput (21 years), residents of Bamrara village of Charkhari, had come to Purva Panwadi to attend a marriage function. His intentions got spoiled while visiting the temple. They thought that these idols were made of Ashtadhatu or gold, which would be worth crores in the international market.
Village youth were also included
To carry out the theft, these outsider youths took the help of two people from the village, Bhalu and Bhagwandas. Local informers provided information about the security and routes to the temple, in return for which the thieves gave them two bows present with the idols as a reward. When the police kept an eye on the suspects and detained Bhalu and Bhagwandas, the layers of the entire conspiracy were revealed.
Accused caught without surveillance
The most important thing about this revelation was that the Ajnar police station caught the accused through traditional policing and informer system, without the help of any surveillance technology or SOG. The police have recovered the brass idols of Shri Ram, Mata Janaki and Lakshman ji, along with their thrones and makeup items from the accused. Whose market price is Rs 2.5 lakh. The three arrested youths do not have any previous criminal history. Just out of greed he risked his life. The SP has patted the team on the back for this commendable work, because a reward of Rs 25-25 thousand was announced on these miscreants. At present, the three main accused and two informers are now behind the bars.
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