Robbery at Sion Koliwada temple

An unidentified person early on Monday broke open the donation box at a temple in Sion Koliwada area in central Mumbai and stole its contents.

An unidentified person early on Monday broke open the donation box at a temple in Sion Koliwada area in central Mumbai and stole its contents. The incident came to light when devotees came to the temple in the morning and found that the donation box had been broken and all the money in it had gone missing.

The Antop Hill Police said they received a call about the theft in the morning.

“A team went to the spot. Estimates have revealed that the donation box contained cash and coins worth around Rs 13,000. We have filed a case under Section 380 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code,” said senior police inspector Shamsher Pathan.

Pathan said the area did not have any CCTV cameras. The temple is not big and is one of many in the area. There are no CCTV cameras, he said.

The police suspect a local drug addict may be responsible for the offence. We have formed teams to trace him, said Pathan.

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