India, July 15 -- A special investigation team (SIT) of the Chamoli police found that Pramod Nautiyal, the accused arrested in the alleged Badrinath temple donation theft case, was seen stealing cash on at least four occasions in the CCTV footage examined so far, police said on Wednesday.

"We examined footage covering four donation counting days - June 22, June 25, June 29 and July 2. The accused was found committing theft on all four occasions," Badrinath station house officer (SHO) Mahadev Uniyal said.

Uniyal said the police examined footage from both the old and the newly installed network video recorders (NVRs) after the temple's CCTV system was upgraded and found Nautiyal stealing cash during donation counting on June 22, June 25, ...