India, July 25 -- Khopoli police have arrested four people and recovered a 17-kg silver covering stolen from the shivling at the Peshwa-era Virreshwar Temple, which had sparked protests in the town. The accused were traced to Shirur in Pune district and Parner in Ahilyanagar district using CCTV footage, FASTag data and electronic surveillance, police said.

The arrested accused have been identified as Amol Suresh Kasbe, 36, and Vilas Sahebrao Agiwale, 25, both residents of Shirur, and Dilip Raju Jadhav, 40, and Sakharam Chhaban Gaikwad, 40, both from Parner.

The theft took place around 2.30am on Sunday and was captured on CCTV cameras inside the temple premises. However, the non-functional CCTV camera outside the temple made it difficult...