Guest guest Posted February 8, 1997 Report Share Posted February 8, 1997 This news comes from today's "HINDU" newspaper. Sriram ---- Temple thief held, stolen jewels recovered The Chennai city police arrested the elusive temple burglar and recovered from him the entire jewellery stolen from the Sri Vedanta Desikar temple, Mylapore, and a portion of the ornaments lifted from four other temples. The culprit, Vardharaji Sathyamurthy (33) of Jayapuram, had been operating for the past six years and had struck at five temples. His first operation was at Andal temple, Srirangam (1991) followed by Rajagoplaswamy temple, Mannargudi (1992), Eerikatha Ramar temple, Maduranthagam, Sarangapani temple, Kumbakonam (1995) and the recent case. The lure of a lavish lifestyle had made him take to temple burglary. The culprit, who had been operating for the past five years, was arrested within 20 days of the Mylapore temple theft. He had sold some of the diamonds in Mumbai and the jewels in different parts of the State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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