Temple Donation Boxes

Thieves broke into a temple and stole Rs 1 lakh from its donation box in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Friday.

The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case after thieves broke into a temple and stole Rs 20,000 from a donation box on the premises, an official said on Friday.

In an unusual robbery attempt, two men arrived on a horse to steal a temple donation box in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, only to be chased away by the residents after dogs started barking.

Dispatchers told people that six suspects were seen on the grounds through surveillance video, including two who were inside the temple.

The crime is strikingly similar to one reported earlier this year in August from the same district, when a video showing a theft inside a temple went viral on social media.

The incident took place on August 5 and the police are now analysing the CCTV footage to catch the thief.

Two unidentified persons broke into the famous Ganesh temple at Ozar in Maharashtra's Pune district on Tuesday and decamped with an empty donation box and a silver umbrella from the sanctum sanctorum, police said.

The counting of cash collected in donation boxes of the famous Sai Baba temple in Shirdi was on Friday cancelled as bank officials did not turn up citing lack of space to keep coins, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) Chief Executive Officer Deepak Muglikar said.

A priest at Yamunotri temple in Uttarkashi, said, since we don't receive even one per cent of the donation, we have put a cloth on donation boxes.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district for allegedly stealing money from a temple's donation box to buy a phone.

The Delhi Police has arrested four criminals who would steal donation boxes of temples and commit thefts to buy drugs, an officer said on Saturday.

An unusual trend has started at temples across the country ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the banning of Rs 500 and 1000 notes a week ago. Donation boxes at temples are now filled with high value currency - a trend never seen before.

Shirdi Sai Baba temple was in for a star-studded surprise on Tuesday, when diamonds worth R85 lakh were found in the donation box, wrapped in a packet. Donations of such large value are usually made directly to the trustees since there is a chance that they might get misplaced.

Two donation boxes containing an unspecified amount were stolen from the premises of a temple located in Vijay Nagar locality in Indore, police said today.The FIR filed by the priest of Lord Hanuman temple said that the boxes, which were stolen last night, were not opened in the last six months and the amount in them could be in range of Rs 30,000 ...

Thieves broke into a temple and stole Rs 1 lakh from its donation box in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Friday.

The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case after thieves broke into a temple and stole Rs 20,000 from a donation box on the premises, an official said on Friday.

In an unusual robbery attempt, two men arrived on a horse to steal a temple donation box in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, only to be chased away by the residents after dogs started barking.

Dispatchers told people that six suspects were seen on the grounds through surveillance video, including two who were inside the temple.

The crime is strikingly similar to one reported earlier this year in August from the same district, when a video showing a theft inside a temple went viral on social media.

The incident took place on August 5 and the police are now analysing the CCTV footage to catch the thief.

Two unidentified persons broke into the famous Ganesh temple at Ozar in Maharashtra's Pune district on Tuesday and decamped with an empty donation box and a silver umbrella from the sanctum sanctorum, police said.

The counting of cash collected in donation boxes of the famous Sai Baba temple in Shirdi was on Friday cancelled as bank officials did not turn up citing lack of space to keep coins, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) Chief Executive Officer Deepak Muglikar said.

A priest at Yamunotri temple in Uttarkashi, said, since we don't receive even one per cent of the donation, we have put a cloth on donation boxes.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district for allegedly stealing money from a temple's donation box to buy a phone.

The Delhi Police has arrested four criminals who would steal donation boxes of temples and commit thefts to buy drugs, an officer said on Saturday.

An unusual trend has started at temples across the country ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the banning of Rs 500 and 1000 notes a week ago. Donation boxes at temples are now filled with high value currency - a trend never seen before.

Shirdi Sai Baba temple was in for a star-studded surprise on Tuesday, when diamonds worth R85 lakh were found in the donation box, wrapped in a packet. Donations of such large value are usually made directly to the trustees since there is a chance that they might get misplaced.

Two donation boxes containing an unspecified amount were stolen from the premises of a temple located in Vijay Nagar locality in Indore, police said today.The FIR filed by the priest of Lord Hanuman temple said that the boxes, which were stolen last night, were not opened in the last six months and the amount in them could be in range of Rs 30,000 ...