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Bangladeshi Muslims looted ISKCON temple [ Maharashtra, India ]

  • DATE:31/01/2022
  • How many temples destroyed?:1
  • Perpetrators:Farhat Sheikh and Akash Mannan  Khan
  • WERE YOU THERE?:No
  • Where did you come to know about this event from ? (Please provide source link):https://hindupost.in/crime/two-illegal-bangladeshi-intruders-held-for-iskcon-temple-theft-in-navi-mumbai-had-been-arrested-earlier-too-for-similar-thefts/

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Two Bangladeshi Muslims, looted an ISKCON  temple in  in Sewaram Gangwar, Kharghar in January and seized Rs 80,000 in cash and stole the idols. The perpetrators have been identified as 26 year old, Farhat Sheikh, alias Raju and  23 year old, Akash Mannan  Khan alias Amirul.

Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, Bipin Kumar Singh said three cash boxes, some cash and idols were stolen from the ISKCON temple in Kharghar on January 31, 2022.

The police seized Rs 80,000 in cash and the stolen idols. They had illegally entered India  from Bangladesh through the West Bengal border with the help of an agent, the police said. It was initially reported that Rs 1.5 lakhs had been stolen from the temple, so Rs. 70,000 still remains to be found.

The police further added that Cases of temple theft and house breaking have been registered against the duo in Mumbai and also Ahmedabad and they were arrested in some of them earlier.

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