India, July 17 -- A special investigation team (SIT) of Uttarakhand's Chamoli police on Friday arrested a retired employee of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) for allegedly stealing cash from the shrine's donation room.

Police said CCTV footage captured him pocketing money on three occasions before his retirement on June 30.

"We have found the involvement of former temple officer Rajendra Chauhan in the Badrinath temple donation theft case. He was found pocketing cash on three occasions on June 22, 25 and 29 in the CCTV footage examined by us. He retired on June 30," Station House Officer (SHO) of the Badrinath police station Mahadev Uniyal said.

SHO Uniyal said they arrested Chauhan on Friday afternoon and will produce ...