Mohali, Oct. 30 -- Devotees staged a protest outside the DSP's office in Dera Bassi on Thursday over the theft of idols and religious articles from the Shri Radha Krishna Temple Gaushala in Mubarikpur. Temple manager Kewal Garg began a hunger strike after a 24-hour ultimatum to police expired.

Garg said he stopped consuming food and water on Wednesday and would continue the hunger strike until the stolen idols were recovered.

The demonstrators demanded the recovery of the stolen religious articles and action to trace the suspects.

The theft took place during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, when two unidentified men allegedly broke into the temple on Pandwala Road and took silver and brass idols, religious articles and t...